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What is HBOT

WHAT IS O2?

O2 is the oxygen molecule most commonly found in the earth's atmosphere; it has two atoms of oxygen. It has a periodic table number of 8. Oxygen makes up approximately 21% of the air we breathe.

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF OXYGEN IN THE HUMAN BODY

Oxygen is important to every cell in our body. Oxygen through a process called oxidation, chemically changes food and liquid into energy.  It is breathing simple oxygen that controls our genes, contracts our muscles, repairs our cells, feeds our brains and even calms our nerves. Not only that, but breathing is our body's chief cleansing tool.

WHAT IS HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY? (HBOT)

  • Hyper – Increased
  • Baric   - Pressure
  • Providing the body with extra oxygen
  • Higher pressure = more 02 (Oxygen) dissolved in plasma.

Scientific Definition of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) consists of breathing oxygen at a pressure higher than local atmospheric pressure for the treatment or prevention of specific diseases. There is a general consensus that the term HBOT can only be applied when the partial pressure of oxygen in breathing mixture exceeds 1.5 absolute atmosphere (ATA) for a minimum period of 60 minutes (excluding compression and decompression).


However, occasionally in cases of severe Decompression illness, treatment pressure above 3.0 ATA is utilized. Oxygen levels need to be reduced below 100% to reduce oxygen toxicity for these cases, by using a mixture of O2 and Helium, to deal with severe complications related to bubbles in tissue and circulation.