Hyperbaric Therapy  Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is the application of 100% oxygen under pressure. • HBO is administered in rigid chambers.  The patient is perfectly comfortable and can relax and watch a movie or television under the close supervision of our physician and technical staff. • HBO has broad application in medicine with 13 Medicare approved indications. Most patients and physicians can identify hyperbaric therapy as useful for the bends or decompression sickness. Few realize the other utilities which includes: necrotizing infections (necrotizing fasciitis & gas gangrene),  trauma (crush injuries, compartment syndrome, acute peripheral ischemia), arterial gas emboli, carbon monoxide poisoning, chronic refractory osteomyelitis and of course selective wounding.    Hyperbaric Therapy as Adjunctive or Additive Wound Care Hyperbaric has special utility for selective wound types. HBO is adjunctive therapy which means it is administered along with conservative proper wound care.  HBO confers additional benefits in terms of wound healing. • HBO saves lives and limbs • HBO heals diseased skin, soft tissue and bone • HBO rescues compromised or threatened grafts and implants • HBO is the only medical modality proven to reverse radiation therapy wounding • HBO has a special role in diabetic foot wounds, limb salvage, radiation wounds and trauma wounds Baromedical Associates Inc. Baromedical Associates Inc. is the premier Hyperbaric Medicine specialty medical group for the San Francisco Bay Area region of Northern California. We provide physician HBO department staffing as well as complete Hyperbaric Medicine Department management services. Please visit our business web site to learn more about our company, company staff, physicians and HBO sites. hbobaromedical.com   Baromedical Associates Inc. :  The Hyperbaric Medicine Wound Care Specialists for the California S.F. Bay Area Emergency HBO Site: hbo911.com Diving Medicine Site: divinghbo.com Welcome www.woundhbo.com