How It Works: Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care:UI Hospitals and Clinics: UI Health Care

How It Works

The chamber’s specialized atmosphere resembles a deep-sea dive with a maximum depth of 16 stories.

The effects of treatment are due to an increase in surrounding pressure, and the patient breathing 100 percent oxygen by mask or hood. This combination of concentrated oxygen and atmospheric pressure causes the blood to carry greater concentrations of oxygen to the area in need of healing.

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