Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Added Comment Since Original Publication 18-03-20 Added Comment Following Original Publication. Further to the short overview previously shared on social network platforms from Johns Hopkins Medicine, here follows an excerpt from the overview which is available for download here. Todays topic addresses viral and bacterial infections and explains how HBOT can boost… Continue reading Oxygen as an Anti-Bacterial & Anti-Viral Agent
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay So we've been a little quiet lately on the writing front. This is due to an upcoming move. After 10 years in one place, it's time for a change. Accordingly, rather than writing broken biscuits from a distracted mind, I left it out for a bit. Today however, I found this one I… Continue reading Side Effects and Contraindications
Image by CRAIG D from Pixabay CO2 Scrubbers Following Last week's excerpt from the training and ops manual on carbon dioxide, we round that off with an excerpt from the chapter covering support and allied equipment. Specifically, CO2 scrubbers, or sinks as they are also known. Gas management is the name of the game in all things diving… Continue reading Carbon Dioxide Management in Confined Atmospheres
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Rather an unusual topic for a blog dealing with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, but one of fairly significant importance when it comes to diving breathing gas and hyperbaric chamber internal atmospheres. Divers and supervisors work with gas physics daily and of all the gasses, CO2 is among a few of the most important… Continue reading Carbon Dioxide and the Hyperbaric Environment
Image by Dr. Manuel González Reyes from Pixabay Having now reached the end of the festive season and with a semblance of normality returning to life, we are back in the seat with a short one on Arthritis. Having recently had this added to my considerable medical CV (Parody ... not an actual medical CV, sometimes the list… Continue reading Arthritis
Cumberland born, world renowned physicist John Dalton also known for his work in gas physics Having now come to almost the end of the seasonal commitments in the community, it seemed time to pop up with a final post or two before we shut down for the holiday season. While we continue to fundraise, or… Continue reading Physics, John Dalton and The Cumbrian Connection
As we get into the final push for the community pantomime and Christmas preparations to close out the year, (and thanks to Border ITV for the coverage by the way and highlighting the community work we all do at the the theatre), short snippets are becoming the December favourite to pass on quick short and… Continue reading Ketogenic Diet and HBOT – A Synergistic Effect
Me in Durban Early In 2009 It recently occured to me that at the end of the day, when all else is set aside, its me that is directly asking the you, the community, to get behind a fairly big project with fairly big financial requirements for fairly big results and benefit. Potentially one you've… Continue reading The Who Behind The What -Website Information Update
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay So we've been a little quiet on the writing front lately owing to seasonal commitments in the community. Many who know us know that we have a solid track record of community involvement, especially around Christmas and the holidays when it's pantomime time. This year is no different and the work involved can… Continue reading Diving Physics, The Training & Operations Manual, FIFO Services and … Pantomime?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus#/media/File:Staphylococcus_aureus_VISA_2.jpg Following a request for some information on 'Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections' (NSTI's), or more commonly referred to as flesh eating bacterial infection, we scoured our own articles first, which highlighted that we don't have a specific dedicated article to this subject. We also chose the lead image as a rather benign image of Staphylococcus… Continue reading Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection – NSTI
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