Doctors and a former patient celebrate 40th anniversary of Nebraska Medicine’s hyperbaric oxygen chamber
In 2008, Jonathan Hernandez suffered an anoxic brain injury, meaning one caused by oxygen deprivation, due to severe carbon monoxide poisoning.
He was brought to the Nebraska Medical Center, where he underwent a handful of treatments with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
After he was discharged, the Omaha resident’s physical and cognitive symptoms worsened. Then 27, he couldn’t work or drive.