Hyperbaric
- Chamber type
- unknown
- Accreditation
- UHMS Accredited With Distinction
Guest Reviews
While some reviews mention negative experiences with specific nurses, Nebraska Medicine's Hyperbaric Medicine Program is highly regarded as the only accredited Level 1 hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit in the region, providing 24/7 emergency and critical care. Patients appreciate the opportunity to relax during treatments by watching TV, listening to music or sleeping.
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About Hyperbaric
Nebraska Medicine's Hyperbaric Medicine Program offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) as part of a combined program involving nursing care, dressing changes, surgical debridement, medications, and nutrition. They are the only facility in Nebraska providing 24/7 emergency, critical care capable, and routine clinical HBO therapy. Nebraska Medicine is certified by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, which signifies high standards of quality care and patient safety. During HBO therapy, patients are enclosed in a clear acrylic chamber pressurized with 100% oxygen, increasing oxygen concentration in the blood and body tissues to promote wound healing. Located on the 9th floor of Clarkson Tower, the Hyperbaric Medicine Program is staffed by physicians and nurses specially trained in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The clinic is involved in clinical trials, such as the Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment Trial (HOBIT), aimed at reducing neurological damage in traumatic brain injuries. HBO therapy can also benefit patients suffering from delayed radiation injury, wounds, and complex vascular issues like diabetic foot ulcers. Patients can relax during the virtually pain-free treatment by listening to music, watching television or movies, or napping. The facility started at Clarkson and is the only one between Denver, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, and Kansas City. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be used to treat conditions such as severe anemia, brain abscess, arterial gas embolism, burns, decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning, crushing injury, sudden deafness, gangrene, infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death, non-healing wounds such as diabetic foot ulcer, radiation injury, skin graft or skin flap at risk of tissue death and sudden and painless vision loss.