We provide hyperbaric recompression or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to people with the below acute and elective conditions as well as providing transcutaneous studies as a supporting service.
Acute conditions that we are able to treat:
- Decompression Illness (DCI) and Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE)
- Air or Gas Embolism
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning
- Sudden acute hearing loss
Elective conditions that can be treated:
Statement:
There are many commonly asked-about conditions for which the safety and effectiveness of HBOT has not been established. For that reason we do not treat any of the following conditions at this unit.
- ADD/ADHD
- AIDS/HIV
- Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma
- Autism
- Bell's palsy
- Brain injury
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Depression
- Fibromyalgia
- Heart disease
- Hepatitis
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Spinal cord injury (other than DCS)
- Sports injuries
- Stroke
Prospective patients should also be aware that there is no reliable clinical evidence of the effectiveness of 'mild' HBOT provided by 'soft shell' chambers that can only attain pressures of up to 1.5 atmospheres. We therefore endorse the position statement by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). See attachment in our Document Download section
For more information about HBOT, including details of the procedure and possible complications please click here.
The Chamber
The Slark Hyperbaric Chamber utilises compressed air to pressurise the patient's environment to the appropriate treatment pressure. For most diving injuries the pressure is 2.8 atmospheres, and for most medical conditions it is 2.4 atmospheres.