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Part 1

13:15 minIntroduction & History of Hyperbaric Oxygen

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Part 2

13:48 minRole of Oxygen

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Part 3

13:49 minNormal Oxygen Physiology

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Part 4

18:24 minHyperbaric Physiology

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Part 5

31:40 minUnderstanding Hyperbaric Dosages

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Part 6

40:36 minKey Physiological Benefits

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Part 7

2:39:39 minReported Benefits and International Indications

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Part 8

1:10:38 minHyperbaric Protocols and Dosages

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Part 9

14:37 minLatest Research

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Part 10

46:12 minContraindications and Precautions

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Part 11

41:20 minRisk Reduction Procedures

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Part 12

16:22 minHyperbaric Operations Demo

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13:15 minIntroduction & History of Hyperbaric Oxygen

13:48 minRole of Oxygen

13:49 minNormal Oxygen Physiology

18:24 minHyperbaric Physiology

31:40 minUnderstanding Hyperbaric Dosages

40:36 minKey Physiological Benefits

2:39:39 minReported Benefits and International Indications

1:10:38 minHyperbaric Protocols and Dosages

14:37 minLatest Research

46:12 minContraindications and Precautions

41:20 minRisk Reduction Procedures

16:22 minHyperbaric Operations Demo

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Question 1: The ﬁrst Hyperbaric chamber was built in

a) 1662

b) 1940

c) 1995

d) 1890

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Question 2: The human body needs a constant supply of

a) Oxygen

b) ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

c) Nicotine

d) Energy

e) All of the above

f) a, b, d

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Question 3: Air is composed of mostly

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) CO2

d) Contaminants

Question 4: Oxygen enters the body through the lungs, which are composed of around 500 million alveoli (grape-like sacs)

a) True

b) False

Question 5: Oxygen is carried within the body in

a) Red blood cells

b) Hemoglobin

c) Blood plasma

d) Mitochondria

e) All of the above

f) a, b, c

Question 6: We breathe in oxygen and we breathe out

a) Oxygen

b) Nitrogen

c) CO2

d) All of the above

e) b, d

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Question 7: Boyles Law is

a) A gas pressure law of physics

b) Where the size of the gas gets smaller with pressure

c) The liquid laws of physics for dissolving extra oxygen

d) Where the size of the gas gets larger with greater hyperbaric pressures

e) a, b, c

f) a, b d

g) a, b

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Question 8: Hyperbaric pressures are measured in

a) Atmospheres

b) Atmospheres absolute

c) Kilograms

d) Pounds per square inch

e) b, d

Question 9: The following is a type of hyperbaric chamber that can have multiple patients inside

a) Monoplace chamber

b) Multi-place chamber

c) Extra large monoplace chamber

d) All of the above

e) b, c

Question 10: Hyperbaric chambers are an approved medical treatment for

a) Stroke

b) Wound Healing

c) Concussion

d) Carbon monoxide poisoning

e) All of the above

f) b, d

Question 11: A prescription for 2.2 ATA would be roughly

a) 25 feet of sea water (FSW) or 11 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

b) 40 feet of sea water (FSW) or 17 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

c) 70 feet of sea water (FSW) or 30 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

d) 33 feet of sea water (FSW) or 14.7 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

Question 12: A prescription for 1.75 ATA would be roughly

a) 25 feet of sea water (FSW) or 11 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

b) 40 feet of sea water (FSW) or 17 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

c) 9 feet of sea water (FSW) or 4.2 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

d) 33 feet of sea water (FSW) or 14.7 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

Question 13: A prescription for 2.5 ATA would be roughly

a) 70 feet of sea water (FSW) or 30 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

b) 40 feet of sea water (FSW) or 17 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

c) 50 feet of sea water (FSW) or 22 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

d) 33 feet of sea water (FSW) or 14.7 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

Question 14: A prescription for 1.5 ATA would be roughly

a) 9 feet of sea water (FSW) or 4 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

b) 25 feet of sea water (FSW) or 11 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

c) 16 feet of sea water (FSW) or 7 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

d) 33 feet of sea water (FSW) or 14.7 Pounds per square inch (PSI)

Question 15: The typical pressures used to treat wounds in wound care centers are between

a) 2.0 ATA to 2.5 ATA

b) 1.5 ATA to 2.0 ATA

c) 3.0 ATA to 4.0 ATA

d) 1.3 ATA to 2.0 ATA

Question 16: Mild Hyperbaric chambers (soft chambers) are can be used to treat

a) Stroke

b) Altitude Sickness

c) Deep Sea Diving accidents

d) All of the above

e) a, b

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Question 17: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been shown to:

a) Reduce inﬂammation

b) Improve energy levels within the body organs and organ systems

c) Help generate new tissue and blood vessels to damaged areas in the body

d) Increase the production of endogenous antioxidants

e) All of the above

f) a, b, c

Question 18: Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and Interleukin-1 β (IL-1β) are

a) Anti-inﬂammatory markers

b) Typically increased during intensive following hyperbaric oxygen therapy

c) Inﬂammatory cytokines

d) Typically elevated in Crohn’s disease or inﬂammatory bowel disease

e) All of the above

f) b, c, d

g) c, d

Question 19: Chronic inﬂammation can

a) Produce pain

b) Progress Alzheimer's disease

c) Help the body ﬁght infections

d) Be associated with accelerating atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

e) All of the above

f) a, b, d

Question 20: A hyperbaric chamber:

a) Produces stem cells

b) Can help the body repair damaged tissue

c) Takes advantage of gas pressure laws of physics to increase dissolved oxygen

d) Is used in hospitals for life threatening conditions

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) b, c, d

Question 21: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used in wound healing primarily for its eﬀects in:

a) Fighting oﬀ infections and killing bacteria

b) Stimulating collagen tissue

c) Mobilizing and increasing stem cell production

d) Angiogenesis and the stimulation of new blood vessel formation

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) a, b

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Question 22: After spinal cord injury, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be deployed

a) Only after 6 months following the injury

b) Immediately after the injury

c) To reduce the swelling and inﬂammation around the injure spinal region

d) To spare tissue due to its anti-inﬂammatory action

e) All of the above

f) c, d

g) b, c, d

Question 23: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

a) Should not be used during cancer treatment

b) Can reduce the oxygen levels in the tumor (tumor hypoxia)

c) Can increase angiogenesis of the tumor

d) Can reduce tumor hypoxia and potentially the aggressiveness and growth of cancer

e) All of the above

f) b, c, d

g) b, d

Question 24: The International Hyperbaric Association supports the use of Hyperbaric Therapy for

a) Concussions

b) Cancer

c) Preconditioning the body before surgery

d) Post surgery recovery support

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) a, d

Question 25: The clinical beneﬁts of HBOT attributed to neurological conditions can be associated with:

a) Increasing neuroinﬂammation

b) Increasing brain oxidation

c) Improving brain cognition

d) anti-oxidant protection

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) c, d

Question 26: Studies on brain performance have shown that Hyperbaric oxygen may be able to:

a) Improve multitasking performance

b) Improve single task performance

c) Help reduce memory decline characteristic of aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders

d) Help improve reaction time

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) a, d

Question 27: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is safe during chemotherapy for all dosages:

a) True

b) False

Question 28: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help with Autism by:

a) Reducing neuroinﬂammation

b) Causing an inﬂammatory eﬀect in the gut

c) Increasing brain oxidation

d) All of the above

e) a, c

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Question 29: Hyperbaric therapy at 1.3 ATA with oxygen can be just as powerful as 1.3 ATA without oxygen

a) True

b) False

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Question 30: The only absolute contraindication of Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is:

a) Tension pneumothorax

b) Cancer

c) Pregnancy

d) All of the above

e) a, d

Question 31: The following variables are commonly part of a typical course of intensive hyperbaric oxygen therapy

a) 1.5 - 2.0 ATA

b) 60 minute sessions

c) 1 to 2 sessions per week

d) 40 sessions

e) All of the above

f) a, b, d

g) b, d

Question 32: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy:

a) Helps treat any lung condition particularly lung cancer

b) Should be used immediately following a collapsed lung

c) Is contraindicated with bulllous emphysema

d) Contraindicated for patients with heart failure (EF under 30)

e) c, d, e

f) c, e

g) d, e

Question 33: For non-emergency non diving accidents, hyperbaric therapy is best avoided

a) During an acute respiratory infection

b) At the time of an active bacterial ear infection

c) When you are feeling very tired

d) After you have had a large meal

e) a, b, d

f) a, b

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Question 34: Hyperbaric dosages between 1.3 ATA and 2.0 ATA can have the following risks/concerns

a) Conﬁnement anxiety

b) Loose stools or diarrhea

c) Joint pain

d) Eardrum discomfort or pain

e) a, d

f) a, b, d

Question 35: Lower pressure protocols (ie, 1.3 ATA) can have less chance of

a) Ear pain

b) Myopia (vision changes)

c) Oxygen toxicity seizures

d) Lung damage due to ﬁbrosis

e) All of the above

f) b, c, d

g) a, b, c

Question 36: The Risk of ﬁre inside a hyperbaric chamber is

a) Very common in chambers that are pressurized with 100% oxygen

b) Not very common

c) Can be very dangerous

d) Is higher at 1.5 ATA than 2.4 ATA

e) Is greater with enriched oxygen concentrations

f) All of the above

g) b, c, e

h) a, b, c, e

Question 37: 2 way radios are approved inside a hyperbaric chamber if they are intrinsically safe:

a) True

b) False

Question 38: Oxygen is ﬂammable:

a) True

b) False

Question 39: To prevent a ﬁre happening inside a hyperbaric chamber, you should not take the following inside the chamber:

a) Battery operated objects including cell phones

b) Cosmetics, hair spray, nail polish

c) Any object that can cause a spark including hand warmers and metal objects

d) Cigarette lighter and a pack of smokes

e) All of the above

Question 40: A 10 liter oxygen concentrator

a) Is not suﬃcient to generate enough oxygen for a non-rebreather at 2.0 ATA

b) Is lower risk than using an oxygen cylinder at 1.5 ATA with a simple Hudson face mask

c) Can be used to pressurize a mild hyperbaric chamber

d) Is advantageous because it can generate 100% oxygen from regular room air so you do not need to buy medical grade oxygen

e) All of the above

f) a, b

g) a, b, d

Question 41: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may cause a cataract to

a) Form

b) Progress further

c) Stop growing

d) Reverse and get smaller

e) Get larger

f) a, b, e

g) b, e

Question 42: Myopia due to Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is

a) Common

b) Reversible

c) Causes small muscle twitching in the eye

d) A gradual change in vision that requires seeing an eye doctor to change prescriptive eye glasses

e) A temporary change in vision that does not require changing eye glass prescription

f) b, e

g) b, d, e

Question 43: You should NOT ﬂy on an airplane for at least 24 hours following a 90 minute HBOT session at 2.2 ATA

a) True

b) False

Question 44: Hyperbaric chamber systems that run at pressures between 1.3 ATA to 1.5 ATA have less building requirements than those that run at 2.0 ATA to 3.0 ATA

a) True

b) False

Question 45: Generally speaking hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a very safe procedure and serious reactions are rare

a) True

b) False

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Question 46: A safety screening questionnaire

a) Can help identify risks and concerns

b) Should be ﬁlled out by all patients before entering the chamber

c) Should be ﬁlled out by the caregiver if they are going inside with the patient

d) Includes any medications

e) All of the above

Question 47: During an emergency decent, it is very important to:

a) Remain calm and communicate to the patient to let them know what’s going on

b) Tell the patient to hold their breath and try to assure them that everything will be ﬁne

c) Turn oﬀ the compressor and stop pressurization

d) Open all the exhaust valves so that you can get the patient out as quickly as possible

e) All of the above

f) a, c, d

g) a, d

Question 48: What can you do to reduce the chance of having a patient having an oxygen toxicity seizure at 2.2 ATA

a) Slowly Increase the pressure to 3.0 ATA and bundle them up in blankets to warm them up

b) Take a 5 minute air break every 25 minuets

c) Make sure that the patient has eaten something and is not hypoglycemic

d) Check the body temperature and make sure that the patient is not running a fever

e) All of the above

f) b, c

g) b, c, d

Question 49: What can a hyperbaric chamber operator do to reduce the chance of barotrauma

a) Watch the face of the patient for distress and slow down or stop pressurization

b) Explain the valsalva technique and have the patient use this to help clear their ears

c) Let the patient know that they can preventatively clear, before pressure develops

d) Pressurize slowly and make sure the patient knows to communicate any pain or discomfort

e) All of the above

f) a, b, d

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Question 50: After receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy for 90 minutes at 2.0 ATA, it is common to feel

a) Energized

b) Tired

c) A sense of peace and tranquility

d) No diﬀerent than before the session

e) Any of the above

f) a, c, d

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