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Wilderness Environ Med · Jan 2000
Case ReportsExperimental use of a transportable hyperbaric chamber durable for 15 psi at 3700 meters above sea level.
- S Saito, C Aso, M Kanai, T Takazawa, T Shiga, and H Shimada.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. shigerus@news.sb.gunma-u.ac.jp
- Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Jan 1;11(1):21-4.
AbstractA transportable hyperbaric chamber durable for 15 psi of pressure was used to treat a patient suffering from moderate acute mountain sickness at 3700 m above sea level. The symptoms were ameliorated a few minutes after pressurization in the chamber. After a 20-minute stay in the chamber, the patient was completely free of symptoms. Since the chamber can be inflated by using compressed air from a cylinder, no strenuous work was required of the operators. This transportable chamber seems to be useful for the treatment of high-altitude disorders at around 3000 m above sea level.
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