Decompression Sickness, Decompression Illness, and Arterial Gas Embolism from Blast Injury: Not exactly the same things, but damned close when it comes to treatment. Each of these conditions is brought about by barotrauma, injury caused by changes in ambient pressure…
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for the silent injuries of war As a member of the board of the National Hyperbaric Association, I was honoured to have participated in the production of this Veteran's Day program that showcase veterans and their struggle…
Retrospective Case Series of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy The silent injuries of war are the one's that you can't see. Often identified by a number labels TBI, concussions, PTSD, to name few. They present…
The US DOD has spent over $125,000,000 investigating the use of hyperbaric therapy to address the silent signature wounds of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In these studies significant benefits were documented at two different pressures while breathing oxygen…
A pilot case control study of veterans of the US armed forces with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) or persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS), with or without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has found significant improvements in persistent post-concussion syndrome and PTSD…
By Thomas M.Fox MAS, MS, CHT Treatment for divers may be the key to unlock the secret to addressing the war’s signature wounds. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is identified by the office of the surgeon general of the u.S. Army as…
By Thomas M.Fox MAS, MS, CHT “Far too often the lessons learned from past wars have been forgotten at great cost to human life.” LTG Frank F. Ledford Surgeon General United States Army 1990 Our country is in the middle of a health…
By Robert L. Beckman, PhD Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is an FDA approved medical treatment which enhances the body's natural healing process by inhaling 100% oxygen in a chamber where the atmospheric pressure is increased. It has been employed…
It has been 7 years since I first published the following article. What has changed? A lot of U.S. Taxpayers money has been committed to studies whose only definitive conclusion is further studies are needed. Investigators interject themselves into ongoing…
You will have to learn to live with it or maybe not It is reported that as many as 800,000 or 40% of the over 2 million coalition forces that have served in combat theatres over the last decade…