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.
A 37 year-old man is BIBA to the emergency department following a fire at his apartment. He has a fluctuating level of consciousness (currently GCS 11) and is hypotensive (BP 85/50). He has no evidence of airway compromise, burns or other significant injury.
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…