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Curt:
Clinic Death Raises Questions About Oxygen Therapy
 MEDSCAPE, John Dillon February 14, 2025

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/clinic-death-raises-questions-about-oxygen-therapy-2025a10003wa?ecd=wnl_tp10_daily_250216_MSCPEDIT_etid7230219&uac=305958HN&impID=7230219

After a fire that instantly killed a 5-year-old Michigan boy undergoing treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, experts are urging clinicians to take a conservative approach to the controversial but increasingly popular therapy.

High-pressure oxygen is “a therapy given under a doctor’s prescription, and it is like any other drug,” said Paul G. Harch, MD, a clinical professor of emergency medicine at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, who has spent his career studying the technique.

Whether a trained medical professional was by the chamber is one of many unanswered questions about the January 31 accident at the Oxford Center in Troy, Michigan, that killed Thomas Cooper of nearby Royal Oak, and injured his mother. Also not yet publicly known is what caused the chamber to ignite, what the boy was being treated for, and whether protocol was followed by both the center and authorities. ........   

Reguolated by the FDA as devices .......

Other approved uses (other than decompression sickness) include crush injuries, air embolisms, arterial problems, burns, diabetes-damaged tissue, anemia, and injuries caused by radiation treatment. Literature has found it useful for some people with Crohn’s disease, fistulas, and other skin conditions. It has also been used on people with symptoms of COVID-19.

...... minimize the chances of a fire by providing 100% cotton material for patients, as synthetic fibers can cause static electricity; ensure the chamber is grounded; and do not allow into the chamber devices with lithium batteries — like mobile phones and iPads — that can swell under pressure and explode.

rahab:
I had that therapy and we weren’t allowed to have any electronic devices with us.  We also had an attendant who was with us at all times monitoring the equipment.

It was very relaxing.

JimB:

--- Quote from: rahab on February 18, 2025, 02:09:58 PM ---It was very relaxing.
--- End quote ---
I also know someone who had this kind of treatment 5 days a week for a month. His experience was the same as yours but the idea of being trapped in a glass tube for any length of time does not sound like a relaxing time to me. :)

rahab:
It’s really not scary as our guides helped us a lot.

Curt:
Yes Bro Jim, it can be clostrophobic.

Its all about safety.

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