Surviving cardiac arrest after carbon monoxide poisoning treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Abstract

Carbon monoxide (CO) and cyanide poisoning are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in cases of house and industrial fires. The 14th edition of guidelines from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society does not recommend hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) treatment in those patients who have suffered a cardiac arrest and had to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In this paper, we describe the case of a 31-year-old patient who received HBO₂ treatment in the setting of cardiac arrest and survived.

Keywords: carbon monoxide; cardiac arrest; cyanide; hyperbaric medicine; hyperbaric oxygen; hyperbaric oxygen therapy.