Neal

Please go to this NFPA article. Some chambers operate at 3 atm to treat wounds or other illnesses.

https:​//www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2017/January-February-2017/Features/Hyperbaric-chambers

People have ignited themselves because they wore synthetic clothing that created a static discharge. There was also a tragic case of a horse being treated for a leg injury and the chamber blowing they theorize was due to a spark from the horseshoe.

WHA International in New Mexico conducted a lot of the forensic testing for the U of Hawaii explosion. Dr. Barry Newton, President and many of his associates worked for NASA, White Sands on oxygen compatibility. When I was there he had a number of hyperbaric chambers that he was testing for these types of failures.

Eugene

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of NEAL LANGERMAN
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 11:21 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] New Article

Eugene

All the medical hyperbaric chambers I have seen do operate at 1 ATA, but 60 - 100% O2 is delivered to the PT via tight-fitting face mask and exhausted overboard. All the chambers have O2 sensors and procedures for increasing air flow through rates if the O2 concentration exceeds a set-point, usually 24%.

Neal

Previous post  |  Top of Page  |  Next post

---

The content of this page reflects the personal opinion(s) of the author(s) only, not the American Chemical Society, ILPI, Safety Emporium, or any other party. Use of any information on this page is at the reader's own risk. Unauthorized reproduction of these materials is prohibited. Send questions/comments about the archive to secretary**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org.
The maintenance and hosting of the DCHAS-L archive is provided through the generous support of Safety Emporium.