General Information 
Portneuf Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Works
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is used as an adjunctive treatment for problematic, non-healing wounds that meet specific criteria; it is expected that 10 to 20% of the wound care cases will do so. Throughout HBOT treatments, the patients are monitored to see if the concentration of oxygen has increased in the blood near the wound. If the oxygen level is higher, the therapy is most likely beneficial to the patient.
During the treatments, the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen inside a pressurized chamber, quickly increasing the concentration of oxygen in the bloodstream, where it is delivered to a patient's wound site for faster healing. Essentially, HBOT therapy helps heal the wound from the inside out. This therapy can help reduce swelling, fight infection, and build new blood vessels, ultimately producing healthy tissue. It is also effective in fighting certain types of infections, improving circulation, in stimulating growth of new blood vessels, and in treating crush injuries, osteomyelitis, compromised skin grafts and flaps, brown recluse spider bites, and diabetic wounds of the lower extremities.
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center
(208) 239-2670 or (208) 239-1000
777 Hospital Way, South Medical Office Bldg, Suite G1
Pocatello, ID 83201
The Healing Begins Here
You don't have to let a wound slow you down any longer. It's time to seek the help you deserve and get back to your active life. We're experts in advanced wound care and our commitment to you is a safe and comfortable return to health and mobility. Our nationally recognized approach will speed your recovery as we work in concert with your physician.
The healing begins here.