Hyperbaric Medicine Center

The Heart & Vascular Institute’s Hyperbaric Medicine Center provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO), transcutaneous studies (TCOM), and wound care.

During HBO therapy, patients are enclosed in a vessel called a hyperbaric chamber. While inside, they breathe 100 percent oxygen at a pressure greater than one atmosphere. This unique treatment can benefit people with the following conditions:

• Acute air or gas embolism
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Cyanide poisoning
• Crush injury
• Decompression illness
• Blood loss anemia
• Gas gangrene
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections
• Osteomyelitis
• Soft tissue radionecrosis
• Actinomycosis
• Compromised skin grafts/flaps
• Selected problem wounds

Throughout the treatment process, we follow guidelines established by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

The Hyperbaric Medicine Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A hyperbaric technologist/nurse and hyperbaric physician are on call 24 hours a day for emergency situations.

You must be referred to the Hyperbaric Medicine Center by your physician. You will then meet with a certified hyperbaric physician for evaluation and treatment planning.