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Hyperbaric medicine is concerned with the therapeutic implications of exposure to barometric pressures above 1 atm. The hyperbaric chamber is the therapeutic tool, while oxygen breathed at a pressure greater than 1 ATA (one atmosphere absolute) is the principal drug. There are two patient population groups. The first consists of those who, as a result of their occupation, are exposed to varying ambient pressures, including divers, submariners, pilots, and compressed air workers. The main illnesses found in this group are decompression sickness, pressure injury (barotrauma), and air embolism. Diving medicine is concerned with this group; here the hyperbaric chamber as such is the principal therapeutic tool.
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Melamed, Y., Bursztein, S. (1989). Hyperbaric Medicine. In: Reis, N.D., Dolev, E. (eds) Manual of Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83440-0_20
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