Decompression sickness, also known as caisson disease or the bends, is a condition that occurs when the body experiences a reduction in pressure. It is true that decompression sickness typically affects deep-sea divers, but it can also affect compressed air workers,...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been in the media a lot lately, especially for it's ability to help combat countless off-label illnesses and ailments. However, decompression sickness (aka the bends) in divers is the original condition that oxygen under pressure...

Photo By Joshua Cox | Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Evan Peck, a member of the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) Hyperbaric Medicine team, points out the depth gauge of the recompression chamber on NAS Pensacola, June 14, 2022. The recompression chamber is used...