Dangers, Myths & Truths Of Home Hyperbaric Chambers

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A question we get often is "If I put this chamber in my own am I and my family at risk?"

Click the time stamp below to jump topics in the video :
Hospital Hyperbaric Set-Up : 0:58
Safety precautions in a hospital set-up : 1:47
Home Hyperbaric Set-Up : 2:39
Inside of a home hyperbaric chamber : 3:50
Increasing the % of oxygen increases the "risk" : 4:43
Ambient Air Percentage / No increased "risk" : 5:38
Home Hyperbaric Chambers are extremely Safe / am I at Risk? : 6:54
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[stevenmclarssen]

Can you use HBOT indefinitely for the maintenance of health? If so how often should you use it at let's say 1.3 ATA 21% oxygen?

[larry-swxt]

Dr. Sonners - Would you please comment on what are acceptable levels of CO2 in a home chamber and what you need to do to reduce the level if found to be too high? Thanks!

[MarcMERLIN]

First, thank you for making this video as there are lots of things to disspell including that oxygen just doens't burn by itself.
3 things I'd love to see in a followup video
1) you said that 21% oxygen at higher pressure is no more bad than 21% at 1 ATM. But, at 2ATM 21%, you have 2X more molecules of O2 per amount of space, which is the same as having 42% O2 at 1 ATM that people consider "somewhat dangerous". So are you sure that 21% at 2 ATA (or even 1.5 ATA) is actually as safe as 21% at 1 ATA? I don't think it is
2) you also said the O2 in the chamber tends to get around 25%. But if I'm getting 96% O2, some leaks directly in the chamber, and some gets exhaled by me as maybe 80% O2 (just made that number up), unless the compressor replaces the chamber air at a high rate, that leakage feels like it will create a higher resulting mix than 25% O2
3) my real worry about higher pressure soft chambers (1.5 to 2.0 ATA) is whether the materials can withstand that higher pressure long term, and the risk of explosive decompresion, which won't kilil me but can't be good for me. I don't think there is a good answer there, but worth mentioning.

[manofsan]

What pressure (ATA) is recommended for TBI -- say, for something like a mild stroke?

[gmarth]

If using a home 1.3 atm chamber with a concentrator streaming O2 into the chamber but without breathing it through a mask do the same safety standards. hold? The concentration of O2 in the chamber would then be greater than it would be if using a mask but less than a medical grade hard chamber. Thanks for any input on this modified approach ( ie, O2 streaming in, no mask). I generally like to bring a book into the chamber with me and also possibly a cell phone ( to be able to call in case of any issues arising).

[juliecoastlover]

What about using gas appliances while using the hyperbaric chamber in home? Is that safe to do?

[sess]

I wish I could own a hard shell hyperbaric chamber for personal use but they’re illegal to own for personal uses in the United States.

[daleblock]

do they include CO2 scrubbers as you are rebreathing exhaled CO2 in a closed chamber

[liamc]

Thank you for answering this question Dr. Sonners. I have a 1.5ATA soft home chamber and a 94% O2 concentrator and have been worrying about this. I'm hoping with a flow of 7L/min i am breathing enough O2 to keep the ambient air O2 percentage below 25%. Can you recommend a cheap way to actually measure the O2 percentage of the air inside the chamber?

[josephineonearth]

Thanks for this great info! Does this mean it is unsafe to put a second oxygen concentrator on a home unit?

[Alyssacaronefamily]

I have a soft chamber and they told me I could bring my phone in and the remote with a battery inside. is that really safe?

[chantelledekoker]

Can you wear your earpods in a home hyperbaric. This is the only thing that helps with keeping me distracted

[sunsetsolutions]

We use a soft HBOT chamber at home twice a day with an O2 concentrator. However, I use a cannula for only one session (morning) breathing the concentrated O2 directly. Then, during the evening session, we typically allow concentrated O2 to "bleed" into the chamber WITHOUT a cannula. What is the percentage increase of O2 in the chamber if its pumped directly into the chamber without direct cannula delivery?

[bekismith]

I have partially collapsed right lung, could I still use this. No other issues. My lung was damaged after chemical attack

[braddockakalatis]

Can my neighbors in my poorly built condo hear me if I run the chamber after 10pm? thx.

[Continental-in]

What happens to the carbon dioxide that is breathed out when you are in a 100% Hyperbaric Chamber? Or even with an Oxygen Machine with a Face Mask. Doesn't the carbon dioxide start accumulating in the chamber -- diluting the available oxygen?

[Threeheadedbeastmode]

A 100% oxygen chamber seems like it pushes it through all the cells throughout the body and you do not have to just breathe it in. It penetrates your largest organ in the body which is your skin from the outside so how could pure oxygen just from your lungs at a much lower pressure do the same job after 80 minutes?

[gustavkusnir]

If you inhale 95% oxygen in the chamber and exhale it into the chamber, then the oxygen level will be within 20 minutes about 30%, if you stay there for an hour the oxygen level will be pretty high. The flammability of anything raises with raising oxygen level and even by 30% it is already very high.
Its just about physics so ask and search physical answers to your questions about safety and do not ask manufacturers and sales people.