A medical technician helps a patient with his oxygen mask during treatment inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Hospital of St John & St Elizab


A medical technician helps a patient with his oxygen mask during treatment inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, London, England. The mask supplies the wearer with pure oxygen and removes the exhaled gas from the chamber. The chamber is used treat various conditions including decompression illness, more commonly known by divers as “the bends”, carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation


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