Hyperbaric Technologies Australia

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO)

 

 

 

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE

INSTALLATION

RECOMPRESSION CHAMBERS

Based in Portland— We design and manufacture Hyperbaric Chambers.

 

On site we have a multi twin lock chamber on site which can benefit many including, Sports Injuries, Amputees, Spider Bites, Tissue Damage, Divers Bends and more

Simply, HBO elevates oxygen delivery to the tissues.

A process known as hyper-oxygenation; it is a direct effect of increasing the concentration of oxygen and the pressure. A normal level of oxygen in arterial blood does not ensure that tissue oxygen levels are correct. The very fact that many diseases are associated with ischemia highlights the importance of normal tissue oxygen levels.

HBO acts to restore this imbalance.

Biologically, if respirations were to cease, cellular death would result within 4-6 minutes. Thus oxygen is vital. It becomes increasingly important to the sick and injured whose capacity for oxygen absorption and distribution is impaired.

 

Utilisation of a hyperbaric chamber allows administration of high concentrations of oxygen under pressure. The HTA1-1000 Hyperbaric Medicine Chamber is designed to enable a single patient to be subjected to a maximum pressure of 2ATA whilst breathing air or 100% oxygen. The patient breathes 100% oxygen whilst in the chamber, to assist in the treatment of certain difficult, persistent, costly or otherwise hopeless clinical problems.

 

What is the justification for using HBO?

 

The physiological and therapeutic effects of HBO may be explained by several mechanisms

 

These effects can be divided into primary and secondary mechanisms.

(A) Primary

(A) Accepted primary  acute indications

 i. Carbon monoxide poisoning
 ii. Crush injury
 iii. Acute smoke inhalation
 iv. Cyanide poisoning
 v. Decompression sickness
 vi. Gas embolism
 vii. Gas gangrene
 viii. Radiation necrosis
 ix. Refractory osteomyelitis
 x. Exceptional blood loss anaemia
 xi. Ileus
 xii. Actinomycosis
 

(B) Accepted indications for adjunctive therapy

i. Thermal burns
ii. Cerebral oedema
iii. Fracture healing
iv. Peripheral vascular disease
v. Musculoskeletal injury (pre and post surgical conditions)
vi. Necrotizing soft tissue infections
vii. Anaerobic infections
viii. Skin grafts or flaps
ix. Wound healing
 

(B) Secondary

i. Vasoconstriction
HBO causes a reduction of the size of peripheral as well as cerebral blood vessels, thereby decreasing capillary blood flow. Subsequently blood flow and oedema are reduced, whilst oxygen delivery to the tissues is increased (owing to increased oxygen tension within the capillaries). This is useful in treating cerebral oedema, spinal cord injuries, compartment syndrome and thermal burns
 ii. Neo-vascularisation
HBO stimulates the development of new blood vessels at the microcirculatory level via fibroblast activation. Collagen is deposited, and subsequent capillary bud formation occurs. This mechanism is useful in treating radiation necroses, or compromised wound healing problems.
 iii. Antibacterial
It has been clinically demonstrated that HBO has a specific role in fighting certain infections (e.g.: gas gangrene) by acting directly against anaerobic bacteria. The sensitivity of these organisms to oxygen is due, in part, to the absence of protective enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and catalase.
HBO also acts to enhance the killing power of leukocytes. In addition, HBO can deactivate or inhibit the formation of certain toxins produced by clostridia organisms.

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