Oxygen Fire Hazard

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Is using 100% Oxygen an EXPLOSION HAZARD?

Twenty minutes of hard science -- worth the time to look and learm

Hard science dispels the myths about oxygen. For example, denim jeans and high quality tee-shirts offer better fire protection than loose weave 100% cotton scrubs/

Their has been much loud and often vitriolic debate over which type of bag is the "safest" -- the soft sides inflatable chambers or the hospital grade "hard chambers.

Both chambers are equal in their ability to produce a life-threatening fire. Since oxygen will not ignite ("explode") when exposed to a flame, the use of either, by professionals or home-care owners and renters require training, special precautions and alert-watchfulness by the operators.

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY ("HBOT") IS EXTREMELY SAFE.

At least one million HBOT treatments are given each day in the U.S. and there has only been one fatality during HBOT 50 year history in the United States. Compare that with the 70,000 patients that die in U.S. hospitals each year from "complications" during surgery.

All Clinics and Centers associated with Healing Chambers International (HCI) only use ASME-PVHO-1 chambers. In addition, our Series III Clinical monoplace chambers are the only single person chambers capable of being equipped with fire suppression to Class A chamber standards.

Healing Chambers International (HCI) associated centers are in the process of retrofitting all Series III monoplace chambers with fire suppression.

HCI is code compliant, has high staff training levels and practices strict safety procedures and only uses the most modern and cutting edge equipment.

Many parents and caregivers are confused about the claims made by proponents of inflatable chambers, especially since much of the data used by practitioners to justify their use comes from a different type of chamber that provides 100% oxygen at higher pressures. The dramatic results of pioneering HBOT specialists such as Paul Harch M.D. and Richard Neubauer M.D. for their little patients were obtained in "hard" (hospital grade) chambers at oxygen percentages almost ten times those possible in an inflatable chamber (see chart on this page.) To achieve the results of Doctor Richard Neubauer and Dr. Paul Harch in the treatment of challenged children, almost double 100% sea-level oxygen is required and this can only be accomplished in conventional "hard", 100% hyperbaric chambers. Clearly inflatable chambers only deliver marginal oxygen percentages over breathing room air.

Notwithstanding, a number of respected medical specialists claim to get similar results with their neurologically challenged patients by treating them in inflatable mHBOT chambers. However, our Centers have treated a number of patients that had already undergone dozens of treatments in inflatable mHBOT chambers with no observable quantitative or qualitative positive changes. After being treated in our conventional (hospital quality) "hard" HBOT chambers, these young patients showed dramatic gains.

Before making a commitment to be treated in an inflatable chamber, obtain satisfactory answers to the following questions from your prescribing practitioner . . . remember, he or she must be a registered physician - M.D., D.O.

Any medical center (hospital, clinic, doctor's office) that uses hyperbaric chambers of any sort (e.g. compress gas over 2 psig) must comply National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 99-11 codes with fire walls and certified fire doors, sprinklers and other code compliance. Does the Center you choose comply with the local Fire Marshal's codes and the City's HAZMAT requirements?

Some parents have reported that their children became "asthmatic" and had breathing difficulties after mHBOT treatments. If these reports were accurate, could this be caused by inadequate air filters on the inflatable chambers compressors, failing to provide medical grade compressed air and failing to filter out mold spores, bacteria and dust from the doctor's office?

100% oxygen pressures less than 1.3 ata (4.4 psig) promotes the growth of aerobic bacteria in injured tissue within the body.(4) Pressures in "hard" (hospital grade) chambers have to be increased to to sufficient levels for oxygen to become bacteriostatic. Are some young patients suffering from an increase in bacterial and candida albicans ( afacultative anaerobe) proliferation problems because of the lower pressure and oxygen percentages of mHBOT?
If the answers to the previous questions show no negative problems from mHBOT, does the tiny increase in oxygen percentage obtained in mHBOT produce quantitative and qualitative gains for the patients?
The graph clearly shows that a mask or hood at sea level delivers approximately four times more oxygen that mHBOT. Since it is easier and less costly to increase oxygen percentages in other ways (e.g. nasal prongs, oxygen masks, hoods, etc), can these alleged positive results be duplicated at home without using an mHBOT inflatable chamber?

It is likely that trials will be undertaken to compare the effects of both sorts of chambers and even to ascertain whether other low cost oxygen alternatives will provide the same benefits to patients as inflatable mHBOT chambers.

Our Centers do not use nor sponsor the use of mHBOT inflatable chambers for a number of reasons:

Laws of Physics do not support the claims of mHBOT advocates. However, ongoing research demonstrates gains in Autistic and CP patients. For more information on the laws of physics that apply to HBOT . . .
National Fire Protection Codes mandate that all chambers used in a medical setting are certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy - Level 1 ("ASME-PVHO1")
Inflatable chambers are not code compliant with PVHO-1. If the State where they are being used is a PVHO-1 State (e.g., CALIFORNIA) it is illegal to sell or use these "soft" bag chambers in a "professional" medical environment.

Therefore, the local Fire Marshal has the ability to close down any medical office that is already using inflatable chambers. (Eleven States and three U.S. cities are now enforcing the PVHO-1 codes and scrutinizing health care practitioners who advertise for patients.)

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.

This page was last updated on 02/11/12.

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