Conditions

Emergency Conditions

  • Air embolism*
    • Decompression induced - divers
    • Iatrogenic - bypass surgery, injected, etc.
  • Decompression sickness*
  • Blast injury
  • Burns* (Thermal Burns)
  • Carbon Monoxide poisoning*
  • Central Retinal Artery Occlusion*
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Ileus
  • Near Drowning
  • Near Electrocution
  • Near Hanging
  • Peyote poisoning
  • Severed limbs
  • Smoke inhalation
  • Stroke - cerebral infarct, with benefit even long after the event

Neurological Conditions

  • Autism
  • Brain dysfunction following Bypass Surgery and Angioplasty
  • Cardiac Arrest, near Hanging, near Choking, Lightening Strikes, etc.
    • Acute
    • Relapsing / Remitting
    • Chronic progressive
  • Cerebral Edema
    • Toxic Encephalopathy
    • Vascular compromise
    • Traumatic
  • Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Cranial Nerve Syndromes
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia
    • Vestibular disorders - Vertigo, Tinnitus, Meniere's syndrome
    • Sudden deafness
    • Brain Stem syndromes- ischemia, infarct
    • Acoustic trauma
  • Early organic brain syndrome
    • Small vessel disease
    • Multiple small infarcts
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss*
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
    • Charcot Marie's tooth disease
    • Radiation myelitis
  • Spinal Cord contusion
    • Physiological transection
    • Partial motor or sensory loss
  • Stroke - acute and chronic residuals
  • Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophy
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Vegetative coma - acute and prolonged
  • Hypoxic Encephalopathy - suffocation, drowning, strangulation

Orthopedic Conditions

  • Acute and Chronic Osteomyelitis* - bone infection
  • Acute Necrotizing Fascistic* - flesh-eating bacteria
  • Aseptic Necrosis
  • Bone Grafting
  • Clostridial Myonecrosis* - Gas Gangrene
  • Crush injuries* - vascular compromise
  • Delayed wound healing
  • Edema under cast
  • Fracture healing and nonunion *
  • Necrotizing soft tissue infections*
  • Severed limbs and digits*
  • Soft tissue swelling
    • Traumatic
    • Cellulitis* - infection / mixed flora
    • Compartment Syndrome*
  • Sports injuries 
  • Stump infections following amputation
  • Tendon and ligament injuries post-surgical repair

Miscellaneous Conditions

  • Abscesses*
    • Intra-abdominal
    • Intracranial
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Biliary Atresia - after surgical correction
  • Brown Recluse spider bite
  • Buerger's disease
  • Carbon Tetrachloride poisoning
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Cirrhosis
  • Compromised Skin Flaps and Grafts*
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Diabetic Ulcers*
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Frostbite
  • Gangrene - wet and dry, atherosclerosis, more common in diabetes
  • Glaucoma with visual field loss
  • Gulf War Syndrome
  • Lepromatous Leprosy
  • Lyme Disease
  • Melaney Ulcer* - flesh-eating bacteria
  • Meningitis
  • Migraine
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Osteoradionecrosis* - post radiation damage
  • Pancreatitis
  • Parkinson's Syndrome
  • Peptic Ulcer
  • Peripheral Vascular Ulcer*
    • Arterial - atherosclerosis
    • Decubitus - bed sores
    • Neuropathy related - diabetes
    • Venous - deep vein thrombosis complication
  • Plastic Surgery - speeds healing with less scarring
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis
  • Post-cardiotomy and low output heart failure
  • Pseudomembranous Colitis
  • Radiation Cystitis and Enteritis*
  • Refractory Mycoses* - fungal infections
  • Retinal Artery Occlusion
  • Retinal Vein Thrombosis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis - acute
  • Scleroderma
  • Sickle Cell crisis and Hematuria
  • Slow healing wounds
  • Suturing of severed limbs*
  • Ulcerative Colitis
* Conditions marked with an asterisk above are sometimes reimbursed by insurance.