A 45-year-old man had a deep sea diving accident recently and developed air emboli.Which type of therapy should the therapist recommend at this time?

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy exposes patients to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure while they breathe 100% oxygen either continuously or intermittently.The effects on lung volume can be explained by Boyle's law,which states that if the temperature of a gas remains constant,the volume of a gas is inversely related to its pressure.That is,as the pressure exerted on the container increase,the gas volume decreases.Thus when a person is exposed to elevated pressures,the gas volume contained in any body cavity tends to be compressed.

A 45-Year-Old Man Had a Deep Sea Diving Accident Recently