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Saba University School of Medicine Hyperbaric Club  

 

Saba University School of Medicine is renowned worldwide as a premiere institution for the study of Hyperbaric Medicine. Located in one of the best diving spots the Caribbean has to offer, the Island of Saba is the perfect place to continue your education in this exciting new field of medicine!
 
What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Hyperbaric Medicine is a specialized area of medical science that deals with the administration of Hyperbaric Oxygen at increasing partial pressures. Exciting new research has found many applications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and its scope is continually increasing with new research. Learn more about the current projects done at Saba University by clicking the "Current Research" bar.
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What are some Conditions for which HBOT can be used? 
The benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy continue to surprise the scientific world. Below are just a few of the conditions for which HBOT is successful:

 Cyanide / Carbon monoxide poisoning
·Cerebral arterial gas embolism
·Decompression sickness
·Exceptional blood loss anemia
·Necrotizing soft tissue infections (necrotizing fasciitis)
·Gas gangrene
·Crush injury; compartment syndrome
·Reattachment and suturing of limbs
·Peripheral ischemia, including compartment syndrome
·Thermal burns
·Brown Recluse spider bite

 

 Chronic Actinomycosis
·Enhancement of healing in selected problem wounds
·Compromised skin graft flaps
·Radiation necrosis
·Refractory osteomyelitis
·Refractory mycoses

 



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