ABC of oxygen: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy - PMC

hyperbaric chamber Hyperbaric chamber, sealed chamber in which a high-pressure environment is used primarily to treat decompression sickness, gas embolism, carbon monoxide

For this therapy, you enter a special chamber to breathe in pure oxygen in air pressure levels to 3 times higher than average The goal is to fill the blood hyperbaric chamber Therapeutic recompression is usually also provided in a hyperbaric chamber It is the definitive treatment for decompression sickness and may also be used to