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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
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Basics
Description
Description
- Administration of 100% oxygen at >1 atm (typically 2–3 atm)
- Mechanisms of action:
- Increases oxygen availability at the cellular level:
- Breathing 100% oxygen at 3 atm supplies enough dissolved oxygen to support life without hemoglobin.
- Compresses formed gas bubbles (in cases of air embolism or decompression sickness)
- Increases oxygen availability at the cellular level:
- 2 types of hyperbaric oxygen chambers:
- Monoplace:
- Accommodates 1 supine patient
- Technician outside the chamber for monitoring
- Compressed with 100% oxygen
- Multiplace:
- Holds multiple patients
- Holds attendants who “dive” with the patients
- Airlocks available for medication/equipment transfer outside of the chamber
- Compressed with air—patients breath oxygen by face mask, endotracheal tube, or face hood.
- Monoplace:
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Citation
Rosen, Peter, et al., editors. "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307112/all/Hyperbaric_Oxygen_Therapy.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. In: Rosen P, Shayne P, Barkin AZ, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307112/all/Hyperbaric_Oxygen_Therapy. Accessed December 9, 2019.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. (2016). In Rosen, P., Shayne, P., Barkin, A. Z., Wolfe, R. E., Hayden, S. R., Barkin, R. M., & Schaider, J. J. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307112/all/Hyperbaric_Oxygen_Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy [Internet]. In: Rosen P, Shayne P, Barkin AZ, Wolfe RE, Hayden SR, Barkin RM, Schaider JJ, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. [cited 2019 December 09]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307112/all/Hyperbaric_Oxygen_Therapy.
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