Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to be a useful adjunctive therapy in the following conditions:
- Non-healing and infected wounds – ulcers
- Diabetic ulcers (prevention of amputation)
- Venous and arterial insufficiency ulcers
- Bone infections such as osteomyelitis
- Radiation injury in patients treated for cancer
- Necrosis of bone or soft tissue in patients previously treated for cancer
- Anaerobic Bacterial infections (subcutaneous, muscle, fascia)
- Burns (improved tissue salvage, fast recovery and minimal scarring)
- Carbon monoxide, cyanide poisoning, smoke inhalation
- Extreme loss of blood or anemia – when blood transfusion is not an option
In acute cases, such as air/gas embolism and decompression sickness, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the primary health care method.