This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Dr. Nicholas Bird. Nick takes us inside the intriguing world of hyperbaric medicine. Essentially born for the treatment of divers’ decompression sickness, today it goes way beyond diving, to treating diabetes, wounds and other ailments. Nick looks at life through a thoughtful lens. His career includes med school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, being a Major in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom and deputy commander of the hyperbaric and wound care center at Travis AFB, and CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Divers Alert Network. For more information subscribe to our newsletter https://www.futurefrogmen.org/connect and look for us on social media @futurefrogmen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blueearth/support