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4. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT); provides O2 at pressures higher than atmospheric and at 100% providing supra physiologic levels of systemic hyperoxia. This allows for the creation of large gradients for nitrogen displacement from the air bubble which will reduce the air bubble size and the degree of mechanical obstruction. This would not be as helpful if the emboli occurred while the patient was already breathing 100% oxygen
An EKG revealed ST segment elevation in V1-V4 and cardiac troponin was elevated at 8.0 ng/mL (normal <0.4 ng/mL).
How would you manage the patient’s ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)? (Click on the correct answer to be directed to the sixth and final page)