Last updated on 2/18/21 | First published on 10/26/17 | Literature review current through Oct. 2024
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OVERVIEW
The Hyperbaric Operations Manual is a "bedside" resource developed to ensure that all hyperbaric staff perform patient care and hyperbaric chamber operational procedures in a safe, consistent manner.
The operations manual contains the following categ
ories:
- HBO Safety Inspections
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Emergency Procedures
- Nursing Interventions
- Patient Care
- Ancillary Equipment
- Wound Care
- Termination Of Provider - Patient Relationship And/Or Patient - Wound Care And Hyperbaric Service
- Transcutaneous Oximetry
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When administered in concentrations greater than those found under ambient room air conditions, oxygen can put forth clinical effects having a therapeutic profile not unlike other pharmaceutical agents. As a drug, oxygen is most notable in the setting of hyperbaric oxygen therapy where the partial pressure (dosage) of oxygen prescribed is significantly higher than that which is typically encountered in routine clinical practice.
