A Case Study in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Wound Healing
by Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCNHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a type of therapy that is oxygen done under greater than atmospheric pressure. Treatments are done according to approval by...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Treatment of Second- and Third-Degree Burns
by Bruce E. Ruben MDIn order to understand the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to heal burns, it is first important to understand the four burn classifications. Classification of BurnsA...
View ArticleIndications for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSThe use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), according to Medicare, is a modality in which the entire body is exposed to oxygen under increased...
View ArticleConsensus Statement on Physician Credential for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Consensus PanelThomas Serena MD, Helen Gelly MD, Greg Bohn MD, Jeffrey Niezgoda MDEndorsed by The American College of Hyperbaric Medicine Introduction The rise in specialized wound and hyperbaric...
View ArticleCommon Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSMany people do not realize that the two most common issues we see in hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy patients are ear/barotraumas and a...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy's Newest Approved Indication
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSSudden hearing loss affects 5-20 individuals per 100,000, which equates to about 4,000 new cases each year in the U.S. Idiopathic Sudden...
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: "Where Have All the Chambers Gone?"
by Tom Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCAPete Seeger died a year ago last January at the age of 94. Reading a tribute to the folk singer, I ran across his most memorable tune, "Where have all the flowers...
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Making Safety Your Job: Courses and Resources in Hyperbaric Medicine
by Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTCI was thinking back to the days when I worked as a hyperbaric technologist. Hyperbaric medicine has significantly evolved over the past decade....
View ArticleAlliance Update: Comments Submitted to Novitas LCD Addressing Hyperbaric...
by The Alliance of Wound Care StakeholdersThe Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders submitted formal comments in response to the Novitas draft local coverage determination (LCD) for Hyperbaric Oxygen...
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Why Wound Care Patients Pay the Price for HBOT Prior Authorization
by Tom Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCADuring the 2010 presidential campaign, Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, quipped during a debate that then presidential candidate Obama's health care...
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The Evolution of Wound Care and Woundology
by Thomas Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA"The average isn't average because its average. The average is average because its best."– J.B.S. Haldane
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Standardizing Clinical Trial Endpoints in Wound Healing
by Thomas Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCARecently, I had the pleasure of attending Puccini's opera Turandot at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. In my favorite scene, young prince Calef comes upon a...
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Please Don't Bury Me in That Hyperbaric Chamber
by Tomas Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA"Please don't bury me down in that cold, cold ground. I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around."-John PrineFans of folk singer John Prine will...
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HBOT: The Office of Inspector General’s Most Wanted?
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCAIn 1950, J. Edgar Hoover published the first edition of the FBI’s most wanted list. Since that time, no less than 512 fugitives have been featured. Many...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy's Newest Approved Indication
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSSudden hearing loss affects 5-20 individuals per 100,000, which equates to about 4,000 new cases each year in the U.S. Idiopathic Sudden...
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: "Where Have All the Chambers Gone?"
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCAPete Seeger died a year ago last January at the age of 94. Reading a tribute to the folk singer, I ran across his most memorable tune, "Where have all the...
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Making Safety Your Job: Courses and Resources in Hyperbaric Medicine
by Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTCI was thinking back to the days when I worked as a hyperbaric technologist. Hyperbaric medicine has significantly evolved over the past decade....
View ArticleAlliance Update: Comments Submitted to Novitas LCD Addressing Hyperbaric...
by The Alliance of Wound Care StakeholdersThe Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders submitted formal comments in response to the Novitas draft local coverage determination (LCD) for Hyperbaric Oxygen...
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Why Wound Care Patients Pay the Price for HBOT Prior Authorization
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCADuring the 2010 presidential campaign, Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, quipped during a debate that then presidential candidate Obama's health...
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The Evolution of Wound Care and Woundology
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA"The average isn't average because its average. The average is average because its best."– J.B.S. HaldaneIn 1972, Stephen J. Gould, the renowned...
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