Hyperbaric Chamber Emergency Room

We are staffed 24 7 to accommodate patients who need hyperbaric oxygen therapy on an emergency basis.

Hyperbaric chamber emergency room.

Our chambers are large enough for four to eight patients to receive treatment in one room at the same time. Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an ambient pressure greater than sea level atmospheric pressure is a necessary component. There are several hyperbaric chambers on oahu. Hyperbaric oxygen is a specialized medical treatment during which you breathe 100 percent oxygen from a mask or hood while you are inside a chamber room.

Inside the chamber room the atmospheric pressure is higher than normal. Iceland hyperbaric dive medicine service with a multiplace chamber and professional trained staff with capabilities to attend wounds divers and critical care patients. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a well established treatment for decompression sickness a hazard of scuba diving. The treatment comprises hyperbaric oxygen therapy hbot the medical use of oxygen at an ambient pressure higher than atmospheric pressure and therapeutic recompression for decompression illness intended to reduce the injurious effects of systemic gas.

Other conditions treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy include serious infections bubbles of air in your blood vessels and wounds that won t. For emergency treatment call 911 or go to your local emergency room. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube. Available 24 hours by calling local emergency services 112.

Ironically the military and noaa both government agencies paid for by the public have hyperbaric chambers that are not available to the public. Oahu hyperbaric chambers honolulu hawaii. Our hyperbaric service is accredited through the undersea hyperbaric medical society. Our research has included carbon monoxide poisoning hyperbaric oxygen in brain injury and equipment testing and benchmarking in the hyperbaric environment.