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Originally posted by Coramoor
AGH has a large hyperbolic chamber than the one in morgantown. The one here couldn't fit the man and his ventilator.
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That makes sense. Those are fairly few and far between and come in different sizes and flavors. A larger city or medical center is more likely to have a bigger one.
There's one here in Denver that several people can sit in at the same time. At my former station, we did a live project outside it for the TODAY Show when they brought in several avalanche victims a few years ago.
(I think these are called Hyberbaric chambers, aren't they?)
"Hyper" means increased and "baric" relates to pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) refers to intermittent treatment of the entire body with 100-percent oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressures."
See Link for more information:
http://drcranton.com/hbo.htm
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