Some serious injuries on the battlefield may benefit from the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Military conditions that may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy:
(1) decompression sickness in a diver, submariner or aviator
(2) hemorrhagic shock
(3) crush injury
(4) reimplantation surgery
(5) air embolism
(6) frostbite or other cold-induced injury
(7) significant thermal or chemical burn
(8) severe head trauma with cerebral edema
(9) acute spinal cord injury
(10) vascular injuries with ischemia
(11) prolonged placement of a tourniquet
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