Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit

Uses 100% oxygen at high atmospheric pressure to treat a diverse group of health problems.

Breathing pure oxygen in an environment with higher than normal air pressure helps the body carry more oxygen than normal to help it heal.

The health problems treated include:

• embolisms (air or gas bubbles in the bloodstream, which may travel to the brain or lungs);
• carbon monoxide poisoning (from inhaling smoke or car exhaust);
• gas gangrene;
• crush injury, Compartment Syndrome and other acute traumatic problems where blood flow is reduced or cut off (e.g., frostbite);
• decompression sickness (the bends);
• enhancement of healing for wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers;
• exceptional blood loss (anemia);
• intracranial abscess (an accumulation of pus in the brain);
• necrotizing soft tissue infections (flesh-eating disease);
• osteomyelitis (bone infection);
• delayed radiation injury (e.g., radiation burns that develop after cancer therapy);
• skin grafts and flaps that are not healing well;
• thermal burns (e.g., from fire or electrical sources); and
• idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL).