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Our comfortable, clear-sided
hyperbaric oxygen therapy
chambers are equipped with
at screen televisions.
Call the Center for
Wound Care &
Hyperbaric Medicine
at
860.364.4515
for
information or an
appointment.
oxygen
The healing power of
THERE’S
a long history of
hospital patients being treated with
oxygen. Today, oxygen therapy is
not just a tool of lung healthcare
providers and respiratory
therapists.
A unique type of oxygen
treatment known as hyperbaric
oxygen therapy (HBOT) is also
playing an important role in
helping people get well.
Optimal oxygen
HBOT involves breathing
in pure oxygen. This takes
place while you are in a sealed
chamber pressurized at up to three
times the normal atmospheric
pressure. Under these conditions,
oxygen levels in your blood
increase while concentrations of
nitrogen and carbon monoxide go
down.
At the Center for Wound Care
& Hyperbaric Medicine at Sharon
Hospital, our wound care patients
can benefit from HBOT to treat:
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Certain types of wounds,
injuries and infections.
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Skin grafts that aren’t healing.
Right for you?
At Sharon Hospital we have
two single chambers in which
you lie on a padded table that
slides into a clear, plastic tube.
Then you simply relax and breathe
normally.
Treatment typically lasts
from 30 minutes to a few hours.
Your individual circumstances
determine how many treatments
are needed.
Some people—including
women who are pregnant and
people with severe heart failure
or certain lung conditions—
may not be good candidates for
HBOT.
As with any treatment,
complications are possible. This
makes discussing the potential
benefits and risks of HBOT
with your healthcare provider
important.
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3
Number of times each day that
people with diabetes should
check their feet for sores. If you
find problems, such as red spots,
cuts or blisters, see a healthcare
provider immediately.
Source: American Diabetes Association
Decade in which the U.S.
military developed hyperbaric
oxygen therapy chambers
to treat deep-sea divers
experiencing decompression
sickness.
Source: American Cancer Society