HEALING AID INTRODUCED AT GLENDALE ADVENTIST.Byline: Mary Lou Aurelio Daily News Staff Writer Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. on Thursday showed off a pair of new hyperbaric oxygen hyperbaric oxygen n. Oxygen at a pressure that is above one atmosphere. Also called high-pressure oxygen. Hyperbaric oxygen chambers that will help burn victims, amputees and other patients heal more quickly. The two units at the new Hyperbaric hyperbaric /hy·per·bar·ic/ (-bar´ik) having greater than normal pressure or weight; said of gases under greater than atmospheric pressure, or of a solution of greater specific gravity than another used as a reference standard. Center administer pure oxygen in a high-pressure chamber to treat wounds that won't heal, hospital officials said. The method is also effective in treating carbon monoxide poisoning Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Definition Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide gas is inhaled. CO is a colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas that is produced by incomplete combustion. , smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. , underwater divers with the bends and even victims of poisonous snake or spider bites. For diabetic Elsie Cortes, the fast healing brought about by a hyperbaric oxygen treatment meant saving more of her leg when it had to be partially amputated. ``Thank God, it really helped a lot,'' said Cortes, 41, of Glassell Park. She is one of the first patients to undergo the treatment in the Glendale hospital. ``Without the availability of hyperbaric oxygen therapy Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A treatment in which the patient is placed in a chamber and breathes oxygen at higher-than-atmospheric pressure. This high-pressure oxygen stops bacteria from growing and, at high enough pressure, kills them. , this patient would not have had the option of salvaging any leg below the knee,'' said her surgeon Dr. Robert Peteyra. ``Compared with an above-the-knee amputation, this should allow for greatly improved (movement) and decreased cost of care in the future.'' The high-pressure oxygen treatments helped keep more of the tissue alive, said James Wyatt, a registered nurse at the medical center's Hyperbaric Center and its Community Awareness & Education spokesman. John Keitel, Hyperbaric Center director, wants other diabetics - who often have wounds that heal with difficulty - to know that the treatments are available at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. The treatments are painless, Keitel said. ``It feels much like when you're on an airplane when you're taking off and you have to clear your ears at first,'' he said. The center's two chambers each come equipped with a television and a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. in case a patient wants to watch a movie to help pass the time. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Dr. Carlton Sampson, left, and Dr. Dwight Hiscox, show the new hyperbaric oxygen chambers. David Sprague/Daily News |
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