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Portable Hyperbaric Chamber

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Portable Hyperbaric Chamber, Gamow Bag

  • See Also
  1. High Altitude Related-Conditions
  2. High Altitude Sickness (Acute Mountain Sickness)
  3. High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
  4. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
  5. Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score
  • Indications
  1. High Altitude Sickness field treatment
  • Mechanism
  1. Designed via training high performance athletes
    1. Allows athletes to simulate sea level training
  2. Pumps air into bag to simulate lower altitude
  • Protocol
  1. Pump Gamow Bag to 2 PSI
  2. Patient remains in bag for 1-2 hours pre-descent
  3. Descend as rapidly as possible