If you suffer from chronic wounds, Cabrini Medical Center can help speed the healing process with our hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO). HBO treatment especially helps the healing process of lower extremity diabetic ulcers, and helps skin grafts to take. Patients with cancers of all types are using HBO treatments to help revitalize damaged tissues after radiation treatments. Cabrini was the first hospital in Manhattan to pioneer a comprehensive HBO medicine program, and is still one of the only available programs in New York City.

How HBO works: The patient lies down on a stretcher inside an acrylic chamber for approximately one and a half hours under close supervision. They may drink a beverage, watch TV and communicate by telephone during their treatment. In the chamber the patient breathes 100% oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressure, which allows higher concentrations of oxygen to spread into the body's tissues, enhancing tissue growth and repair. In addition, the high oxygen percentages help new blood vessel formation to further speed the wound healing process.

Cabrini is outfitted with SeChrist Monoplace Hyperbaric Chambers that enable us to provide safe and intensive treatment to outpatients on a referral basis as well as to acutely ill inpatients. The HBO unit is located on the first floor of Cabrini Medical Center next to our Emergency Department, and it is staffed with Emergency Medicine Physicians trained in HBO and Certified Hyperbaric Technologists (CHTs). Hours of operation are from 8am to 6pm including late evenings and weekends according to patients varying schedules. Call us for any questions regarding this wonderful treatment at 212 995-6266.

Cabrini Medical Center is "dedicated to healing New York one neighbor at a timeSM."

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