Hyperbaric Oxygen for the ICU Patient
Hyperbaric oxygen for ICU patients: intensive care indications, practical issues in critical care, and referral considerations.
Hyperbaric oxygen for ICU patients: intensive care indications, practical issues in critical care, and referral considerations.
In this flashcard I drew my friend and colleague Dr Jawad Kassem, a Board Certified Hyperbaric Medicine doctor.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Carried out in a pressurised chamber (single or multiple patients). Treatments typically between 2 and 3 ATA
Reviewed and revised 27 December 2013 OVERVIEW MECHANISM OF CARBON MONOXIDE TOXICITY Effects of CO toxicity include those of acute hypoxia as well as delayed neurological sequelae, that are more prominent with chronic exposure RATIONALE FOR HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY CO…