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The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy program at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Emory’s Midtown hospital, provides treatment for patients with damaged or ischemic tissue. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the periodic, short-term inhalation of pure, pressurized oxygen. This process dramatically increases the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream, which in turn facilitates the healing of damaged tissue.
- Improves the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria
- Reduces local edema
- Increases angiogenesis in the compromised tissue
- Removes carbon monoxide from hemoglobin in severe carbon monoxide poisoning
- Deactivates alpha toxin produced by clostridium organisms in gas gangrene
Emory Crawford Long offers this unique treatment in a convenient location, Midtown Atlanta.
For more information, please call 404-778-2000 or 1-800-75-EMORY.
Located at Emory Crawford Long Hospital
550 Peachtree Street, NE
3rd Floor Davis Fischer Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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