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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Integrated Health ClinicTM is proud to offer an innovative and beneficial treatment called Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT).

HBOT is a noninvasive treatment where the patient sits inside a hyperbaric chamber and breathes 100% oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure. The increased pressure helps to dissolve the 100% oxygen into the blood and body cells, tissues and fluids, at up to ten times the normal concentration. This promotes oxygen transport to tissues in conditions where the normal oxygen delivery pathways have been compromised. Such conditions include:

Because normal physiological functioning and healing are dependent on oxygen, HBOT assists and enhances the body's natural healing processes and infection control mechanisms. It can also be beneficial as either the primary treatment or as an adjunctive treatment for a variety of conditions like chronic or acute non-healing wounds, osteonecrosis (bone infection) or complications resulting from radiotherapy.

Integrated Health ClinicTM Hyperbaric Unit has seen consistently beneficial effects in patients with non-healing foot and leg ulcers, thermal burns, severe anaemia, severe infections (into bone), and in skin and tissue healing post-surgical (grafts/flaps).

Generally accepted Treatment Indications for HBOT include:

Our chambers meet CSA standards and follow the regulations, codes and standards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) / Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy (PVHO) and the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 99: Standard for Health Care Facilities rules as they pertain to hyperbaric facilities. The hyperbaric chambers are compressed with medical grade air and once treatment pressure is attained, the patient will then don either a mask or an oxygen hood to commence the breathing of medical grade, 100% oxygen.

Our hyperbaric chambers have the ability to change the seating configuration depending on the needs and comforts of the patient. The choices include either a fully supported, upright chair (which is great for reading) or they are able to choose the pillow and cushions option for a relaxed and semi-inclined position which is ideal for watching their favourite movie on a dedicated TV for each chamber 2-way which means that the patient is able to hear and speak to the technician at anytime without touching any controls or buttons.

We encourage you to visit Integrated Health ClinicTM to meet with our physicians and learn more about this treatment.