COVID-19 Update - Extivita-RTP REMAINS OPEN 5 DAYS/WEEK and continues to serve all of our patients with dive times offered throughout the day. We continue to comply with CDC infection control recommendations: Spacing of patients at least 3 feet apart in the chamber...
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The VA Should Consider Hyperbaric Oxygen as a Worthwhile Treatment
From Military Times Commentary by Tommy Tuberville Army Capt. Kyle Salik is the first patient to receive oxygen therapy at the new Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center June 20, 2017. (Robert Shields/Army) The COVID-19 pandemic...
Pro Skiers Use Hyperbaric Chamber for Recovery
Living in the land of orthopedic surgeries, locals and visitors alike often find themselves looking for tools to aid in their recoveries. Kacee Picot with cKaceeGo salon in Edwards recently invested in a hyperbaric chamber for her salon after realizing there was a...
Healing Arizona Veterans sponsors hyperbaric oxygen therapy for eligible vets
After being knocked unconscious four times due to Marines deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, Armando was living life with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. His diagnosis of post-concussion syndrome, and an autoimmune disease from toxic...
Suffering from PTSD? Brain training may help treat this condition
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a serious mental disorder that's triggered by a traumatic event — wherein the individual is either the victim or the witness. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a type of severe anxiety disorder. People who have...
Likelihood of severe and ‘long’ COVID may be established very early on following infection
New research provides important insights into the role played by the immune system in preventing – and in some cases increasing the severity of – COVID-19 symptoms in patients. It also finds clues to why some people experience ‘long COVID’. Among the key findings,...
Hyperbaric medicine now being used for anti-aging
TAMPA (WFLA) - There is some incredible research going on in the Tampa Bay Area with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, that includes cognitive enhancement, and anti-aging at the cellular level. Hyperbaric medical specialist Mario Caruso of Undersea Oxygen Clinic in Tampa...
Veterans with traumatic brain injury needed for hyperbaric oxygen therapy research
INDIANAPOLIS (WISHTV) — Indiana has put $1 million toward hyperbaric oxygen therapy research. Indiana was the first state to use public funds for what is considered experimental, or off-label, treatment of traumatic brain injuries. The program was just getting started...
Deleterious Outcomes in Long-Hauler COVID-19: The Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the CNS in Chronic COVID Syndrome
Abstract Amid our understanding of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the mechanisms involved in the causation of acute-phase coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we have come across clinical cases that have been shown to run a protracted...