Smith Speech Communications‚ SPCH ORBC-MW06 22 March 2010 Hyperbaric Chambers and Oxygen Therapy: Life Saver Specific Purpose: To inform audience of hyperbaric chambers and the oxygen therapy that they provide. Central Idea: The description of a hyperbaric chamber‚ the oxygen therapy process‚ the illnesses it treats and the side effects. Introduction I. Oxygen‚ one of the most important elements without which life would not
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Without oxygen‚ life itself would be nonexistent. Imagine what would happen if wounds did not get better‚ incisions did not heal‚ and burns did not improve. This is where hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) comes into play. Oxygen is necessary for the replenishment of tissues‚ healing of the body and assisting with general ailments. HBOT is used for a wide variety of treatments usually as requested in a medical care plan (Society‚ 1996). In this paper I will introduce what hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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Is Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy a beneficial therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy? A Review of the Evidence Issue: Is Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy a beneficial therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy? Background: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is being promoted as a new therapy for children afflicted with cerebral palsy. It is being utilized by several specialized medical centers in the US‚ Europe and Canada. The rationale behind this therapy is inhalation of pressurized
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy "is a well-established treatment for decompression sickness‚ a hazard of scuba diving" (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy‚ 2014). It involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy‚ 2014). In a hyperbaric chamber the air pressure is increased by three times that of normal air pressure which allows the lungs to gather more oxygen (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy‚ 2014). The increase in oxygen within the body allows the body to better fight off bacteria
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Oxygen Oxygen and its compounds play a key role in many of the important processes of life and industry. Oxygen in the biosphere is essential in the processes of respiration and metabolism‚ the means by which animals derive the energy needed to sustain life. Furthermore‚ oxygen is the most abundant element at the surface of the Earth. In combined form it is found in ores‚ earths‚ rocks‚ and gemstones‚ as well as in all living organisms. Oxygen is a gaseous chemical element in Group VA of the periodic
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DECISIONS SERIES Oxygen Saturation A Guide to Laboratory Assessment BY SHANNON HAYMOND‚ PHD uman life depends on the oxygen transport by hemoglobin. In healthy patients‚ the majority of molecular oxygen (O2) is bound to hemoglobin and only a small fraction is dissolved in blood. But in patients with respiratory problems or certain metabolic and genetic disorders‚ the fraction of oxygenated hemoglobin can fall to dangerously low values. Therefore‚ laboratory assessment of oxygen saturation (SO2)—the
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Oxygen – Carbon dioxide Cycle The Carbon Dioxide- Oxygen Cycle relates to the relationship between Carbon Dioxide [CO2] breathing plants and Oxygen [O2] breathing life forms. All oxygen-breathing life forms take in Oxygen and exhale CO2. Plants take in the CO2 and use it in their photosynthesis process and in turn give off oxygen. The Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle is a continuously occurring process whereby animals inhale Oxygen and then exhale carbon dioxide‚ and plants use the CO2 and "exhale"
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On the periodic table‚ oxygen is the 8th element. It is located in period 2 and group 16. Oxygen is classified into many things. For example‚ on the periodic table‚ oxygen is classified as a nonmetal gas with an atomic number of 8 and atomic weight of 15.9994. In addition‚ it has 6 valence electrons. The symbol of oxygen is O and oxygen has 8 protons‚ 8 neutrons‚ and 8 electrons. The electron configuration of oxygen is 1s2‚ 2s2‚ 2p4. Oxygen had been produced by several chemists prior to its discovery
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REDUCTION Oxygen makes up only about 20% of the air‚ yet is the essential component for so many reactions. Without it fuels would not burn‚ iron would not rust and we would be unable to obtain energy from our food molecules through respiration. Indeed animal life on the planet did not evolve until a certain concentration of oxygen had built up in the atmosphere over 600 million years ago. The term oxidation has been in use for a long time to describe these and other reactions where oxygen is added
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Oxygen Cycle Required for Life All living things use oxygen or depend on organisms that use oxygen in some way. All Animals and Other Consumers Use Oxygen We use oxygen to break down simple sugar and release energy. This can be done through respiration or fermentation. Animals mainly use respiration. Respiration The process that breaks apart simple food molecules to release energy. It occurs inside cells. What YOU do with the oxygen
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