Hyperbaric Awarness on PBS

[Guest guest]

Press Release 15 March 2007 17:00 hrs

The American Association for Hyperbaric Awareness is pleased to

announce the

special it has worked with the Public Broadcasting System to produce has

been picked up to be aired Nationally by PBS. The presentation

represents the

dedicated work of individuals within the AAHA working in cooperation

KERA,

PBS affiliate for the Dallas/ Fort Worth Area. Nationally, the show

can pick

it up by affiliates after 3PM on April 11th through NETA satellite.

A station may or may not do so, that is up to them, but it is available

through the PBS/ NETA syndication. This airing is up to program

directors for

each station and is greatly affected by demonstrated interest in the

area.

Individuals can call their local PBS station ask if McCuistion is

aired, and if

not can they, would they air # 1611, Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment. If

you are

unsure of your local PBS station go to the following web site

_http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html_ (http://www.pbs.org/

stationfinder/index.html)

type in your zip code and the local PBS affiliates will be listed with

contact numbers.

As the program is scheduled The AAHA will provide updated scheduling

information that will give the date and the time the show is to be

aired in areas

across the country.

Locally in the Dallas Tx/ Forth Worth Area you can see the show on

Sunday

April 29th at 1pm on PBS Channel

13.

Current initiatives the AAHA is working on include:

The invitation to and participation in the Congressional Brain Injury

Task

Force and Round Table Discusions held the 13th of March. Discussions

regarding traumatic brain injury, the signature injury in the War on

Terror, were

held with Congressional leaders and high ranking military officers on

Capitol

Hill. Members of the AAHA delegation which included a multi-specialty

group

of physicians and officers were invited for the fourth consecutive

year to

represent hyperbaric oxygen as perspective therapeutic option to this

devastating injury with life altering consequences. Through the work

of the American

Association for Hyperbaric Awareness we intent to make this therapeutic

option available to all with Traumatic Brain Injury. Active and

ongoing followup

to these discussions is being done.

As the awareness of this therapy and exposure to individuals who have

undergone Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for neurological injury continues

to grow, we

look forward to the full and complete integration of this therapeutic

option

into those that are routinely considered for neurological and

specifically

traumatic brain injury.

Best regards,

Tom Fox

Vice President for Operations

American Association for Hyperbaric Awareness