Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

Selected patients in our practice receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment. HBO permits patients to breath 100% oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure. Oxygen is absorbed through the lungs into the blood and distributed throughout the body. Elevated tissue oxygen tensions and pressures facilitate healing and may be therapeutic in many medical conditions.

UHMS approved* conditions treated with hyperbaric oxygen

· Lower extremity ulcers in patients with diabetes
· Soft tissue radiation injury
· Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible
· Chronic refractory osteomyelitis
· Decompression sickness
· Compromised skin grafts and flaps
· Crush injury, compartment syndrome, and other    traumatic ischemias
· Gas embolism
· Carbon monoxide toxicity
· Exceptional blood loss anemia
· Gas gangrene
· Necrotizing fasciitis
· Intracranial abscess
· Thermal burns

*conditions approved for reimbursement by the UHMS

Investigational conditions that may be treated with hyperbaric oxygen

• Enhanced healing after cosmetic and laser surgery
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury
• Autism
• Lyme disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Some types of Hearing loss
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Migraine Headache

Safety is our highest priority

Orange County Wound and Hyperbaric treats patients in 2 monoplace hyperbaric oxygen chambers manufactured in 2010 by Sechrist Industries of Anaheim, California.
Sechrist Industries supplies more monoplace hyperbaric chambers than all other manufacturers combined with over 1300 installed in the USA alone. The acrylic and metal hyperbaric chamber pressure vessels are manufactured to A.S.M.E., P.V.H.O., and N.F.P.A. Codes and Standards.

For safety’s sake, our oxygen system and hyperbaric chambers are inspected and certified annually by qualified service personnel. The National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology has certified the competency of our hyperbaric technicians.

As medical director, Dr. Werner is Board Certified in Hyperbaric Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is also a physician certified by The Council for Graduate Medical Education and Testing and is recognized as a Fellow of the American Professional Wound Care Association.