Photo By Joshua Cox | Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Evan Peck, a member of the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) Hyperbaric Medicine team, points out the depth gauge of the recompression chamber on NAS Pensacola, June 14, 2022. The recompression chamber is used...
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High pressure oxygen resolves severe COVID-19 breathing difficulties faster than standard therapy
Takes 3 rather than 9 days; safe and effective for very sick patients, say researchers High pressure (hyperbaric) oxygen resolves severe breathing difficulties in COVID-19 patients much more quickly than standard therapy, taking an average of 3 rather than 9 days,...
Sound Health: Chronic wounds affect 1 in 4 family members
The Center for Wound Healing at Carle BroMenn Medical Center uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy as one of its treatment methods.We all get cuts and scrapes, but for a lot of people, those injuries may not heal. And the longer a wound stays open, the higher the risk of...
Milton Keynes man beats terminal cancer and writes a book about his success story
Peter Adams was 44 when he was told he had Stage 4 oesophageal cancer diagnosis that had spread to his lymph system. Against all odds, he managed to beat the metastasis and had his stomach and part of my oesophagus removed two years later. The chemo left him so ill...
Why PVHO Mandates are Enforced in 11 States for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
In Today's Wound Clinic article dated May 2022, written by W.T. Workman, we learn more about why compliance is so important with the ASME PVHO (Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy) mandates, and what that means for the state of North Carolina, and the other 10...
Inside Kendall Jenner’s VERY expensive wellness room: Self-confessed ‘hypochondriac’ installs $23K hyperbaric chamber
Kendall Jenner had hinted all season long that she was practically obsessed with health and wellness, with fans getting to see her wellness room in The Kardashians season finale. The 26-year-old supermodel was seen earlier in the season getting NAD IV therapy in...
At age 82, Joseph Maroon credits oxygen therapy for his triathlon success
Dr. Joseph Maroon, longtime team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been competing in triathlons for 37 years, crediting the races for lifting him out of a depression after the death of his father. He’s tried various training methods over the years,...
How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy could help ease migraines
Sarah Todd, who runs Oxify centres in Leeds and Retford, explained the life-changing results her patients say they have experienced from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. The therapy itself involves breathing in near-pure oxygen in a carefully-controlled pressure chamber....
Hyperbaric Chamber Hood Saves Doctors Life During Pandemic
During the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, Dr. Morton Altwerger fell ill with Covid-19. He struggled with severe symptoms, his breathing became difficult, and ended up at Phelps Hospital emergency room. Knowing the mortality risks of being ventilated, he opted for...