Indications

• Air or gas embolism

• Carbon monoxide poisoning

• Enhancement of healing in diabetically derived illness such as diabetic foot, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy

• Exceptional blood loss (anemia)

• Intracranial abscess

• Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)

• Crush injury, compartment syndrome, and other acute traumatic ischemias

• Decompression sickness

• Necrotizing soft tissue infections (necrotizing fasciitis)

• Osteomyelitis (refractory)

• Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)

• Skin grafts and flaps (compromised)

• Thermal burns

• Actinomycosis

• Cyanide poisoning

• Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

• Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)

Contraindications

Absolute:

• History of barotrauma

Relative: 

• Severe COPD or asthma

• History of eye surgery with trapped air

• Certain chemotherapy treatments

• Upper respiratory infections

• Recent ear or thoracic surgery

• Uncontrolled fever

• Diabetic with BS < 150 who recently took their diabetic med