Every year in the USA, more than two million people sustain some form of traumatic brain injury, with 1,000,000 being severe enough to be treated in hospital emergency rooms.

HBOT is a safe and effective treatment that can accelerate the recovery of TBI survivors. With traumatic brain injury (TBI), brain areas that are injured are not receiving enough blood flow as a result of the trauma. Brain tissue might get enough oxygen to survive but not enough to be functional. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can accelerate healing time of TBI patients by regenerating, repairing and generating new blood vessels to the injured parts of the brain. Recent research also indicates that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can improve spatial learning and memory in those with chronic traumatic brain injuries.

News/ References:

• Hyperbaric oxygen study shows potential benefit for patients with traumatic brain injury (01/04/2010)
• Treating Brain Injuries and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy NBC News (NBC News: 11/3/2009)   or    WATCH VIDEO
  
• U.S Air Force: Hyperbaric chamber team to study traumatic-brain-injury treatment (11/14/2008)
• Oxygen therapy gave us back our child. Why is a remarkable treatment like this being denied to thousands of desperate patients? (The Daily Telegraph)
  
• More World News Coverage on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy