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Title: Which of the following clients would be considered a good candidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy? ... Post by: stroman54 on Jan 26, 2018 Which of the following clients would be considered a good candidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
A) A middle-aged adult who got in a fight and received a laceration above the eye B) A motorcycle accident client with lots of road rash requiring scrubbing of the wounds with a brush to remove all the debris C) An older adult with history of diabetes and intermittent claudication (poor circulation in the legs) who received a laceration while on the lawnmower D) A fifth grade student who fell on the playground and broke his femur and developed large hematoma over the injured leg Title: Which of the following clients would be considered a good candidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy? ... Post by: WillGross3 on Jan 26, 2018 Ans: C
Feedback: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers 100 oxygen at two to three times the normal atmospheric pressure at sea level. The goal of hyperbaric oxygen therapy is to increase oxygen delivery to tissues by increasing the partial pressure of oxygen dissolved in the plasma. Hyperbaric oxygen is currently reserved for the treatment of problem wounds in which hypoxia and infection interfere with healing. |