Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Emory Crawford Long Hospital
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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