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Topic: Recompression chamber

	BSAC Incident Report 1995/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Later this worsened, oxygen was administered and the casualty was taken to a recompression chamber.
		A diver was airlifted by CG Helo for recompression in Plymouth.
		The casualty was taken to a recompression chamber by ambulance (not on oxygen).
	www.chime.ucl.ac.uk /~rmhiajp/diving/ndc96/ndc96d.htm (3221 words)

	Recompression
		Recompression is indicated in arterial gas embolism (air embolism), venous gas embolism (decompression sickness) and cases of omitted decompression.
		Chambers are also used for medical treatments of some diseases and injures, but we will only consider diving treatments.
		While in the chamber, the tender ensures that the victim is lying down, and positioned to permit free blood flow to all extremities.
	www.rescuediver.org /med/recomprs.htm (1345 words)

	Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics : Research References
		The concept of putting patients in a recompression chamber and raising the ambient pressure around them for therapeutic purposes was at first without scientific basis.
		In 1662, he built a sealed chamber he called a "Domicilium." Chamber pressure was controlled by valved organ bellows, which could either raise or lower pressure depending on adjustment of the valves.
		Placing the patient in the hyperbaric chamber raises oxygen tensions 10 to 13 times above their normal level when the patient is breathing 2.8 ATA oxygen, six volumes percent of oxygen area in the dissolved plasma - the mean extraction rate of oxygen in the body.
	www.hbot4u.com /hom2.html (905 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A recompression chamber is a pressure vessel used to treat divers suffering from certain diving disorders such as decompression sickness.
		A decompression chamber is used in surface supplied diving to allow the divers to complete their decompression stops at the end of a dive on the surface rather than underwater.
		A hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber is used in a hospital or sporting context to treat patients whose condition might benefit from hyperbaric oxygen treatment, including divers.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=recompression_chamber (458 words)

	IWR.ed.1
		However, in cases where chamber facilities are not available, or when symptoms persist in spite of surface-oxygen (such as in Case #7 and #11), then recompression is clearly necessary, and IWR perhaps should be attempted.
		Although not prescribed in any of the in-water recompression methods, most recent publications discussing the use of oxygen as a decompression gas advise that the long periods of breathing pure oxygen be "buffered" by 5-minute air breaks every 20 minutes.
		Standard recompression chamber treatments commonly incorporate breathing 100% oxygen at a simulated depth of 60 f/18 m (2.8 atm), however this should not be attempted during IWR due to changes in human metabolism when immersed in water, and to the grave consequences of an oxygen toxicity-induced convulsion underwater.
	www.cisatlantic.com /trimix/AQUAcorps/Bent/inwater/IWR.htm (4369 words)

	Recompression Technologies
		In many cases of decompression illness, the response to therapy is related to the time between symptom onset and chamber recompression.
		Any ship considering an on-board chamber will also require a trained and licensed attendant to operate the chamber-- a necessary expense if your diving takes you to remote locations where the availability of a hyberparic chamber might be in doubt.
		Cost of operation and initial expense are comparable between both fixed and collapsible while the full-time chamber maintains an indefinite life span and continued value both for diving and HBO medicine purposes.
	www.tankfill.com /chambers/recompressiontech.htm (496 words)

	HTNA - Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association
		The recompression chamber currently leased by Royal Darwin Hospital was commissioned and built in California USA in 1980 by Oceaneering, an international commercial diving company with offices in Australia, Asia, and the United States.
		The recompression chamber is also fitted with a 380mm diameter medical lock, which enables the transfer of small articles into the chamber whilst a treatment is in progress.
		The chamber is fitted with two fl and white closed circuit TV cameras and three hard-wired communication systems consisting of an Amron chamber communication panel, an Aiphone intercom, and a voice powered telephone.
	www.htna.com.au /chamber_darwin.htm (555 words)

	In-Water Oxygen Recompression: A Potential Field Treatment Option For Technical Divers
		When using in-water air recompression therapy, pressure is exerted by water instead of in a recompression chamber, while air is usually supplied from compressors sited on the diving boat.
		Although this treatment is frequently ridiculed by those in the cloistered academic environments, especially those committed to elaborate recompression facilities, it has frequently been the only therapy available to severely injured divers, has had many successes, and is recognized by many experienced and practical divers to often be of life saving value.
		In-water air treatment of DCI is not to be undertaken lightly, however, in the absence of a recompression chamber or other options, it may be the only treatment available to prevent death or severe disability.
	www.cisatlantic.com /trimix/AQUAcorps/Bent/inwater/Edmunds.htm (2691 words)

	Barbados Divers
		So, even after recompression, which reduces the nitrogen bubble and allows for deliberate off gassing at slow controlled rates, a blood clot remains to impede the body's natural circulation and affected tissue remains anemic.
		The recompression chamber as it turns out needs ongoing funding which currently Barbados PADO operators are addressing.
		Unfortunately, neighboring islands that also use the recompression facility are not sharing the costs, which have lead to the current under funding situation.
	groups.msn.com /BarbadosDivers/recompressionchamber.msnw (685 words)

	PADI The Way The World Learns To Dive
		The purpose of the PADI Recompression Chamber Awareness Specialty is to provide a safe and well supervised introduction to a hyperbaric or recompression chamber facility.
		You will be introduced to recompression chamber workings, learn about the benefits of therapeutic compressions and take part in a recompression chamber dive to a maximum of 40 metres.
		If this is not convenient or they do not offer the PADI Recompression Chamber Awareness Specialty, use the search option on padi.com to gain a list of PADI centres near your home, place of work, or where you plan your next vacation.
	www.padi.com /english/pil/news/01883927 (949 words)

	City of Pacific Grove Fire Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The chamber is utilized for treating victims of SCUBA diving related injuries.
		The original mono-place chamber is still under the roof of the fire-house, but no longer in use.
		A chamber facility use fee was recently adopted but is not a consistent source of income.
	www.pgfire.com /pgor.html (800 words)

	Diving-News.com » Dominica Chamber to be Installed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The hyperbaric chamber, also called a decompression chamber, is used to treat certain respiratory illnesses, decompression and other dive-related accidents.
		The chamber will also be of immense benefit to the health care system in Dominica and will be almost used exclusively by the medical services.
		The Chamber is important in the treatment of a range of common ailments, ranging from respiratory, diabetic and major injury to anaemia, skin grafts, and gangrene.
	diving-industry.com /news/2006/07/07/dominica-chamber-to-be-installed (346 words)

	Irish Times Article - 'Bends' centre for divers may be closed on safety grounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A report by an international expert on recompression chambers is set to recommend the closure of the Republic's only treatment centre on safety grounds, The Irish Times has learned.
		The 27-year-old recompression chamber at University College Hospital, Galway, is staffed on a voluntary basis.
		Dr Ross is expected to conclude the chamber is not of appropriate standard for a national centre.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2003/0113/2266068720HM1CHAMBER.html (376 words)

	Ocean Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As such, their duties were to patrol the coastal area of PG on weekends, warning tourists of dangerous sea conditions, protecting the coastal habitat, and providing marine rescue for people who found themselves in the water and in trouble.
		The whole chamber was then loaded onto a military C-130 cargo aircraft, flown to San Diego, placed inside a larger chamber used by the Navy SEALs, and compressed.
		Once the larger chamber was up to pressure, the victim could be removed from the small chamber, and doctors could treat him or her.
	darwin.bio.uci.edu /~rvilla/chamb.html (555 words)

	Little Creek Diving Assets Join Naval Forces in Mining Rescue Efforts
		Recompression chambers are used on divers who are brought to the surface too quickly.
		The chamber recompresses their body to a safe depth, at which point they are slowly decompressed to normal pressure.
		The chamber will be recompressed to a depth of 40 feet for about two hours, then slowly brought up to the surface five feet at a time.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=2885 (578 words)

	Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
		Recompression in a hyperbaric chamber is the definitive therapy for decompression illness and should be commenced as soon as possible.
		This site is intended to help promote safety in SCUBA diving, raise awareness of the appropriate use of hyperbaric chambers and the conditions for which they are an approved treatment.
		Do not assume that the nearest hyperbaric chamber is the most appropriate for treatment.
	www.hyperchamber.com (168 words)

	Decompression chambers for scuba divers in Roatan
		Recompression oxygen therapy is charged at the standard rate of US $400.00/hr, which includes one inside tender and one outside diving medical supervisor.
		Hyperbaric chambers in other locations are currently considering joining this group and not accepting DAN America insurance.
		This consortium of chambers has been forced to sue DAN America in federal court in the United States due to unpaid medical claims, some dating as far back as 2004.
	www.subwaywatersports.com /Diving/decochamber.htm (928 words)

	Board preparation for Decompression Accidents:Treatment
		Attempting to treat the diver by returning him/her to the water, (known as in-water recompression), is hazardous not only to the diver, but to the caregivers who have to be re-subjected to pressure.
		Advantages of this chamber include that it provides the most cost efficient delivery of hyperbaric oxygen (capitalization and operating costs), and that it presents essentially no risk of decompression sickness to the attending staff.
		Decompression sickness is treated with recompression in a chamber to 60 FSW or deeper associated with hyperbaric oxygen breathing.
	www.scuba-doc.com /brdprpDCSrx.html (2040 words)

	Divers’ Lifesaver Closed
		The non-functional chamber, located at the GNP hospital in Jeddah, was formerly a lifeline to divers suffering from decompression sickness.
		In the treatment of the bends, the time between recognition of symptoms and recompression of the patient is critical; the shorter the time, the higher the chance of complete recovery.
		The most effective cure is to recompress the victim in a sealed chamber so that the gas re-dissolves and then decompress the patient slowly and gradually over several hours.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=76615&d=22&m=1&y=2006&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom (833 words)

	Compact, portable critical care unit for hyperbaric and recompression chambers - Patent 5421340
		Most recompression chambers that are located close to the site where divers (divers includes military, civilian commercial and civilian sport divers) are working or recreating do not have advanced medical equipment to provide artificial ventilation or monitor vital signs.
		These and additional objects of the invention are accomplished by a single unit containing in one easily carried case in hyperbaric chamber safe form a ventilator means, suction means, and vital signs monitor means measuring at least cardiac system and body temperature for critical care in a hyperbaric or recompression chamber environment.
		In recompression chambers equipped with a BIBS exhaust system the patient's expired gas will be exhausted through a (PEEP) valve into an extended Bain circuit (a type of anesthesia circuit which contains a tube within a tube) (Encl.3 FIG.2).
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5421340.html (2611 words)

	DAN Divers Alert Network : Medical Services : Recompression Chamber Assistance Program
		The purpose of the DAN America Recompression Chamber Assistance Program (RCAP) is to assist recompression chambers in the DAN America region in areas of equipment, training and emergency assistance in maintaining their ability to, or in, becoming able to assist divers in need according to levels DAN America believes appropriate.
		While there is no specific number of chambers this program will assist on an annual basis, it is the goal of this grant program to help assure local quality chamber assistance to injured divers in areas where diving occurs.
		Any recompression chamber that serves recreational diving in the DAN America region may apply for assistance in the area of equipment, emergency, and training needs.
	www.diversalertnetwork.org /medical/rcagrant.asp (968 words)

	Hyperbaric Chamber
		The staff of this facility, a registered nurse and trained employees, are all certified to use the chamber and to handle dive related injuries.
		While you are staying at Utila Lodge, you are welcome to take a tour of this facility and meet the staff involved.
		Specialty courses in the operation of the chamber are also available upon request.
	www.utilalodge.com /html/hyperbaric_chamber.html (109 words)

	Inflatable Chambers
		Sands eventually designed and developed the revolutionary transportable recompression chamber system that is now in fleet-wide use with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
		In such a hospital HBOT chamber, gas-gangrene is treated at 29 psig (3 ATA) of 100% oxygen.
		However, many of the operators of these air-bags are charging prices that are only marginally less than the cost of a treatment in a 100% oxygen chamber and where their patients could be treated at a pressure that was medically proven to be appropriate for their illness.
	www.hboinfo.com /air-bag_chambers.htm (1618 words)

	Welcome to the SSS Recompression Chamber Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To become part of the SSS Recompression Chamber Network it is required that all affiliated hyperbaric companies have a rational bases for their billing rates.
		Many chamber affiliates are inexperienced in the processing of such claims, focusing (as they ought to) in medical services - while Quantum and its branch have extensive experience in administering and processing insurance claims.
		The responsibilities of the affiliated Hyperbaric Chamber will be to promptly assign such claims to Quantum upon its receipt of them and shall further perform all acts and conditions that are necessary or requested by Quantum to effect such assignment.
	www.sssnetwork.com /pages/billings.html (580 words)

	Poole hyperbaric chamber, home
		We are members of the British Hyperbaric Association, the UK home for the hyperbaric community, and have two twin-lock recompression chambers available.
		The facility is staffed by a team of dedicated hyperbaric specialists, from Doctors to technicians, and a 24 hour emergency call out system is in operation.
		Recompression for diving accidents and injuries are treated at the Poole hyperbaric facility as an NHS service.
	www.atlanticenterprise.com (281 words)

	Dry Dive Info, Dry Chamber Dives, Dry Diving, Recompression Chamber, London Recompression & Hyperbaric facilities - The ...
		A hyperbaric chamber is the perfect environment to test a diver's ability at depth, but in the safe, water-free environment that it offers.
		Please bring certification and logs along with you to show that you are an active diver, as we don't take non-divers for the dry dives due to the nature of the dive.
		Enter the chamber accompanied by a LDC tender.
	londondivingchamber.co.uk /index.php?id=dry (364 words)

	Belize Diving, Hyperbaric Chamber on Ambergris Caye, San Pedro
		A Multiplace Double Lock Recompression Chamber, which is equipped to accommodate up to three patients at the same time plus a Patient Tender who has to be inside at all times.
		This program gives direct access to chamber service at anytime for dive shops that are part of the program and are current with their payments.
		I received treatment at the San Pedro Hyperbaric Chamber and was tended to by Antonio Guerrero, the hyperbaric chamber technician, and Dr. Otto Rodriguez.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /pages/town/hyperbar.html (2445 words)

	eMedicine - Barotrauma/Decompression Sickness : Article by Daniel Noltkamper, MD, FACEP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Information on recompression chambers is important and generally can be obtained through the emergency medical system (911).
		The chamber itself is typically made of thick metal plates with windows for observation.
		Medical personnel may come into the chamber with the patient or stay outside, watch through the window, and communicate by intercom, depending on the severity of the illness.
	www.emedicine.com /AAEM/topic529.htm (3490 words)

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