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Since 1993, America's fastest growing free-standing hospital quality dispensaries of HBOT at a fraction of hospital cost!!!

Note to patients: The chambers we use are the most technically advanced  in the World and surround the  patient with 100% medical oxygen within 90-seconds of door seal without masks or hoods. No other hospital-grade ASME-PVHO-1 chamber, with FDA 510-K "clearance" can match this  performance or efficiency. You can rely on our expert technicians to control your environment and  you can relax in comfort with concert quality sound and entertainment.

Most sessions in the chamber are more than 90 minutes and may be up to 120 minutes.  Plenty of time to relax, watch a movie, listen to music and relax while your body gently diffuses in up to 25 times more healing oxygen into all tissue and clear fluids.Hospital standard care at a fraction of the cost. All treatment sessions in the chamber are at your prescribing physician's direction,  treatment pressure and timing of treatment ("Tx.") Your MD Knows best.

Note to referring Primary Care Physicians: Our Centers act as a dispensary for your prescription of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Our Center's Medical Director's role  is to assist you or your patient to  overcome problems that may be vexing and temporary but helped by HBOT.  Our Center's goal is to keep your patient in your care as their Primary Physician.

Call toll-free 888.749.5122  to arrange for a no-obligation tour at the nearest HCI center to you . . . we are unable to accept "walk-ins".  Meet our qualified staff, or make an appointment with our medical director.  

 Special discounts apply through  ALL of  2012  - YOUR FIRST TREATMENT IS FREE  - All HBOT Tx., including your complimentary first  Tx. must have a physician's Rx

Our Center relies on the responsive judgment of our attending specialists physicians for the most optimal  results for all patients (pediatric, adult, geriatric) for decisions relating to treatment pressures and times. We do not use a "cookie cutter" approach, since every patient is different.  Nor do we copy other practitioner's protocols (e.g., "Harch" protocols) since the needs of the patient may differ or alter during a course of HBOT Tx.

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Our  specialist physicians do diagnose and treat illness and injuries. . . or you can attend one of our Centers under the  direction of your personal physician!

Email your street address and we will send you a voucher for two no-strings attached  FREE* :90 HBOT sessions. 

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*This offer is conditional on your physician / surgeon writing you a prescription for those free HBOT sessions. We will be delighted to send your surgeon information justifying the use of HBOT before your surgery.

 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (”HBOT”) is routinely used in more than 700 centers in the United States for wound healing. Many plastic and reconstructive practices now have their own HBOT chambers. These surgeons routinely treat their patients before and after cosmetic surgery, tailoring the HBOT into their overall surgical plan for the patient.

There are times when a patient has unexpected and negative complications after surgery. Or when results are less than hoped for. HBOT is the rapid recovery tool that will accelerate  your return into your regular lifestyle, quickly getting rid of post-operative swelling and bruising. Scroll down to read of three  patients who needed to resume their lives quickly!

Hospital based hyperbaric medicine departments usually will not accept patients unless they are in a life or limb threatening crisis. As well, hospital HBOT departments charge patients more than $1,800.00 per 90minute treatment in their chambers. Few patients can afford this.  Our Centers  provide hospital standard care at a fraction of the price. Our clinic's chambers do not use masks or hoods  that would impede the healing of elective facial surgery. The zero gravity chair is ideal for patients who have had tummy-tucks or liposuction.

Discuss HBOT with your plastic surgeon if  you have a need to accelerate healing, eliminate post-operative bruising and swelling to return to your regular activities quickly.  If your surgeon  decides that HBOT is appropriate for you, it is probably that you will qualify for our Center's payment plan.  The most often used HBOT protocol for elective surgery patients is the "Potkin Protocol" pioneered by Dr. Ralph Potkin of  Malibu Hyperbaric Medical Center Malibu Hyperbarics


ACCELERATED RECOVERY (8 DAYS) FROM LASER RESURFACING

 Clinical Observations from Gerrie Glossip, R.N.

 

 

“I am a ways delighted to see the rapid recovery of surgical patients after I refer them for HBOT sessions. Inflammation, edema and bruising subside in just days, rather than weeek post- surgery. Clearly the HBOT , when used as an adjunct to antibiotics, is a superior way to speed recovery. I believe that HBOT will one day be the mainstay of anti-aging protocols. I personally use HBOT for its rejuvenating effects. Because of my hectic work schedule, I used hyperbaric oxygen therapy for five days after my laser resurfacing. Healing was so fast, I was able to return to my patients just eight days later. From experience, I believe that my  healing was accelerated by at least 60%"

Ms. Glossip's nursing specialty is the care of elective surgery patients.

 

Day 8 post procedure

 

 


BUTTOCK LIFT SALVAGE

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              Patient “CW”, age 44, buttock sculpting. The challenge facing the surgeon was the patient’s natural red hair and fragile sun-damaged fair skin challenged by the dynamic body movements of walking and sitting tensioning the wound. Two other factors impacted the outcome.   Firstly, each surgical scar was in excess of eighteen inches and under tension. Next, the area of skin removed had underlying fat cells rather than muscle tissue which provides better scaffolding support for suturing the fascia.

              Three days after suture removal, a wound, measuring 82 x 65 cm (3.5" x 2.5") and 26 cm deep opened on the right thigh. The patient was given three 90 minutes HBOT sessions at 2.5 ata (21 p.s.i.g.) to strengthen wound edges.

           These were successfully resutured with only minor follow-up attention required by the wound care nurse. Another four HBOT sessions followed and the wounds closed normally.

         Wounds respond dynamically to increased oxygen tension.


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BREAST PROSTHESIS SALVAGE

Two years earlier, the patient underwent a radical mastectomy of her left breast. To maintain patient symmetry and proportion, the surgeon used a prosthetic implant to match the size and shape of her unaffected breast. Cancer was later discovered in this right breast and again, the surgeon chose to reconstruct to the “DD” size rather than subject the patient to double breast reduction.
The challenge for the surgeon was the weight of the prosthesis to be supported by the complicated feminine architecture. Six weeks after the radical mastectomy, the nipple was reconstructed.
Two weeks later, the surgeon added HBOT to the antibiotic therapy already underway using Dicloxacillin.
The breast quickly regained normal skin tones. However, drainage continued for 15 days. The patient received a total of 32 X :90 minute sessions of HBOT at 21.4 p.s.i. (48 feet of sea water) at the clinic.


Patient’s Comments: “I am now 18 months post surgery. the scars of his surgery are now invisible and I looks so normal, you would have to be told that I had such radical surgery. My optimism and good cheer has returned and I think of myself as cured of cancer, rather than a “ survivor.” I am delighted with the surgical artistry of Doctor Vecchione and the care of his staff ”

Physicians’s Observations: “High dosage oxygen – HBOT – is a very effective therapy tool for reducing inflammation and edema. Healing proceeds with good circulation, oxygen availability, and, a reduction in congestive tissue back-pressure of ‘edema.’
Regrettably, HBOT is an underutilized resource since physicians have not been apprised of its benefits, and cost effectiveness. Likewise its therapeutic efficacy remains understated.
HBOT is now available at a fraction of the cost of hospital based HBOT departments that are designed for critical life-saving support teams.”
Harvey Tuomi, M.D.


 

 


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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is routinely used internationally as an ADJUNCTIVE  TREATMENT or COMPLIMENTARY ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL (CAM) medical response to the following ailments and trauma:. Lymes Disease, Complimentary alternative medicine, Chronic illness, stroke, autism, pain, chronic pain, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may help cure , control or stabilize problems associated with . . . Stroke, Crush Injury, Macular Degeneration Vascular Dementia, Autism, Thermal Burns, Laser Skin Resurfacing, Chronic Fatigue, Surgical Trauma, Swelling, Inflammation, Edema, Vascular Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Fast Plastic Surgery Healing, Silicon Poisoning, Severe Anemia, Bone Disease, Healing Bones, Osteoporosis, Migraines, Epilepsy, Pediatric Seizure Disorders, Gulf War Syndrome, Lyme Disease, Diabetic Wounds, Diabetic Maintenance, Infectious Disease, Complimentary Alternative Medicine, Rapid Sports Healing, Toxic Mold Infections, Head Injuries, Spinal Injuries, Breast Surgery, Tummy Tuck Surgery, Chronic Ill Health, Chemical Sensitivity, Smoke Inhalation, Delayed Smoke Poisoning, Chronic Back Pain, Chronic joint inflammation, Off-Label Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen by Physicians, Renauds, Disease, Near Drowning, Asphyxia, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Industrial Poisoning, Cerebral Edema, non-specific lung problems, Obstructive Jaundice, Liver Disease, Heart Problems, Facial Actinomycosis, General Surgey Infections, Problem Wounds, Malignant Neoplasms, Sking Grafta Spinal Cord Neuropathy, Management of Problems of Aging, Bells Palsy, Post-Operative Brain Tumor, Myelitis, Post-Operative Cosmetic Surgery, Acoustic Deafness, Optic Atrophy Periodontal Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Chron’s Disease, Shingles, Hepatic Problems. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cerebral Palsy, Shingles, Peptic Ulcer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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