Exploring an Abandoned Hospital - Found Huge Pressure Chamber

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In this episode we're exploring an abandoned hospital that dates back to 1909.

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[cindystrachan]

HBO chambers have many uses.
We have one in South Bend that can be used for divers if needed.
But they see much more action in wound care and circulatory issues. The chamber significantly increases the amount of oxygen the blood can carry, getting it deeper into tissues compromised by burns, wounds or poor circulation.
Can mean the difference between salvaging a limb and amputation.

[freefromit]

I was born in that hospital in 1963 so of course I'm glued to this, and thank you.

[jamessmith]

Such a shame to see these beautiful old buildings go to ruin. Be safe guys.

[CipherandSuit]

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[KapteinFruit]

Abandoned hospitals always make my mind wander and I dont know why. Makes me think of all the people who has been in and out of them. Some times they never go back home. I don't know, it makes me think.

[DONALDEPPS-fz]

At 4:24 there was an old electric fan sitting on the table in one of the rooms. Thank you for giving a clear picture of that fan. I am a vintage electric fan collector and I hope someone rescued it before the building was torn down.

[jlwine]

Another enjoyable video gentlemen! Since you have mentioned that at it can sometimes be months or even years after filming before you edit, narrate and finish a story, I find myself looking for clues as to when it may have been filmed. Would you consider adding an end credit “Filmed (or recorded )March 2023” to satisfy us that are curious?

[ottergreen]

I’m an underwater welder and salvor and I spend a lot of time in hyperbaric chambers during decompression. Pretty awesome to see.

[KellieMeuret]

That’s a really neat hyperbaric chamber! Your explanation was spot on! Instead of feet of sea water, we measure in atmospheres. Most patients are treated at 1.5-3 atmospheres, depending on why they’re being treated. But we call it “diving” because the pressurization in the chamber is similar to diving underwater. So, each session in the chamber is a “dive.” So not necessarily used to train divers, just part of the lingo. They can be used to treat decompression sickness, from diving. The pressure combined with the oxygen rich environment forces oxygen into body tissues, so it’s good for wound healing, CO2 poisoning, decompression sickness, certain types of infection, etc!

[billbaker]

The hyperbaric chamber would have been used to treat severe wounds and burns as well as decompression sickness. The small "pass through" next to the control panel could be used to pass small items into the main chamber. You put an item in, close the door then pressurize the pass through to the same pressure as the main chamber. Then the inner door can be opened and the item removed. The outer chamber on the main chamber serves the same purpose only for large objects or people.

[reidmartin]

There is a large abandoned mental institution in Norman Oklahoma. The institution used to be fully self sufficient, even having their own farm. It is a very interesting story you should check it out!

[mdeysenroth]

So much decay in there and yet the chamber was pristine.

[ashleywhitefield]

This is the only channel I've ever watched that always uses the coolest atmospheric music that somehow captures the feeling abandoned places give me. Can't explain it...but they get it. ❤

[ThisSteveGuy]

It's pretty wild how much of an impact air conditioning and heating have on the health of buildings. Once you shut them off, the decay starts.

[CowTown]

Always enjoy those moss covered rooms just something about them are awesome!

[druszaj]

Cool, I lived next to this hospital for a couple years while they were demolishing it. The morning they set off the explosives on it, I was sleeping and thought I dreamed an explosion, only realized it later.

[sailingspark]

Being a diver, the inside of a hyperbaric chamber is nothing I ever want to experience. Thank you for finding it and showing it off though. I was always curious, but not that curious.

[electroluxlad]

As a plumber, who’s known the field a lot of times when you remodel old buildings, it’s a bear to get your chiller Lines in in the plumbing and sometimes you have to do stuff like that and able to do it

[USMC]

Hyperbaric medicine… a lot of major hospitals have hyperbaric chambers. They are used typically for hyper-oxygenation for some skin diseases and other medical conditions. As well as decompression sickness which is not only from diving but from rapid decompression of an aircraft.

[StubbyPhillips]

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