Introduction The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on hyperbaric oxygen therapy, to review 3 research studies, and conclude if hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a plausible futuristic treatment in emergency/prehospital medicine. Background Information Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a therapy which has been around for over 300 years, in 1664 a British physician built a compressed air room called a domicilium which was used to treat divers suffering from decompressi...
