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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
<ref>Van Hoesen, K. (2017). Hyperbaric Medicine. In P. S. Auerbach, T. A. Cushing, & N. S. Harris (Authors), Auerbach's wilderness medicine (pp. 1619-1635). Philadelphia, PA, PA: Elsevier.</ref> | *Initial use of compressed air for treatment of "Caissons disease" which was forms of decompression sickness seen in the use of Caissons in the 1800s.<ref>Van Hoesen, K. (2017). Hyperbaric Medicine. In P. S. Auerbach, T. A. Cushing, & N. S. Harris (Authors), Auerbach's wilderness medicine (pp. 1619-1635). Philadelphia, PA, PA: Elsevier.</ref> | ||
* | *Further research was performed in 1930s-1940s through the Navy. | ||
* | *1986 the Undersea Medicine Society became the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society | ||
*2000 UHM became a board certified through ABEM, there are currently | |||
==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 17 July 2020
Background
- Initial use of compressed air for treatment of "Caissons disease" which was forms of decompression sickness seen in the use of Caissons in the 1800s.[1]
- Further research was performed in 1930s-1940s through the Navy.
- 1986 the Undersea Medicine Society became the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society
- 2000 UHM became a board certified through ABEM, there are currently
Indications
Types of Hyperbaric Therapy (HBO)
Complications
Disposition
See Also
References
- ↑ Van Hoesen, K. (2017). Hyperbaric Medicine. In P. S. Auerbach, T. A. Cushing, & N. S. Harris (Authors), Auerbach's wilderness medicine (pp. 1619-1635). Philadelphia, PA, PA: Elsevier.