• Wound healing – Non-Healing Wounds (wounds where blood supply is diminished)
• Burns
• Snake and Spider Bites – initial swelling and necrosis does not occur or is significantly reduced with HBOT intervention
• Post Radiation Wounds
• Infected Wounds and Abscesses – Allows for oxygen and antibiotic penetration into poorly circulated areas
• Crush Injuries (Dog bites and injuries cause by vehicles)
• Post Pyometra
• Post Pyothorax
• Post TECABO procedures for chronic ear infections
• Spinal Injury
• Intervertebral disc herniation – Significantly helps decrease edema, swelling, inflammation, and reperfusion injury to the spinal cord pre-and post-decompressive intervertebral disc extrusion surgery
• Vertebral Fractures and Acute Spinal Trauma
• FCE (fibrocartilaginous embolism) and degenerative myelopathy
• Diskospondylitis
• Brain – HBOT causes marked reduction in edema and returns patients to consciousness after head trauma. Has the potential to reverse damage to brain and spinal cord quickly
• Meningitis- Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis (GME) symptoms respond well due to decreased inflammation.
• Regenerative Medicine – HBOT has the ability to increase the production and circulation of stem cells 8 times greater than in normal conditions. This is critical for improving regeneration and healing of damaged tissues.
• Fractures – HBOT decreases post fracture pain and significantly slows edema, swelling, and inflammation. Increases circulation to the surrounding tissues, decreases infection rates, increases fibroblast stimulation, and speeds bone healing.
• Thermal Burns – Increased survival rates overall for burn victims, improved tissue viability, and decreased risk for infection.
• Skin Grafts and Flaps: Soft tissue reconstruction procedures that involve the creation of skin flaps or grafts heal faster, with less risk of infection, and improved viability of the skin. HBOT stimulates and increases new blood supply and decreases inflammation at the surgery site.
• Osteomyelitis – HBOT improves fibroblast function, is synergistic with antibiotics, and potentiates the antibiotic’s ability to kill bacteria.
• Hepatic, Renal and Bowel Inflammation – HBOT is very useful in the post-operative treatment of bowel inflammation. In most of these situations, blood supply to the organ is compromised by swelling, edema, and inflammation.
• Intestinal resection anastomosis, intestinal foreign body or obstruction
• GDV (Aka. Stomach Bloat)
• Intestinal ileus
• Necrotizing cholecystitis
• Pancreatitis, particularly when associated with severe edema and hemorrhage
• Peritonitis – Abdominal infections that are associated with mixed bacterial infections: HBOT decreases inflammation, improves penetration of antibiotics to all areas of bowel and within peritoneal fluid, potentiates the antibiotics, and improves healing.
• Poisonings (carbon monoxide, cyanide, smoke inhalation etc.) – HBOT quickly replaces carbon monoxide and other noxious gases. This is commonly used in human medicine post smoke inhalation during a house fire.
• Lyme Disease – The organism, Borrelia burgdorferi does not thrive or survive well in a hyperbaric environment.
• Decreases reperfusion injury: In cases of splenic, liver lobe, lung lobe, or stomach torsion
• Pain Management – Swelling, edema, and inflammation are decreased, tissue oxygenation improves, potentiates some pain medications
• Ischemic shock or following any acute hypoxic episodes
• Near drowning/Near hanging
• Severe sinusitis or septic rhinitis – Antibiotic delivery is improved, inflammation is decreased, pain is reduced
• Aortic embolization – in both cats and dogs – HBOT provides pure oxygen delivery and decreased reperfusion injury
• Cerebrovascular accident (Canine Stroke)
• Shock and VPC arrhythmias – Cardiac disease (Traumatic Myocarditis) where ischemia is present and cardiac muscle is damaged
• And a huge list of additional benefits and therapies…

At South Paws, we have been providing Veterinary Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) since 2016, when Dr. Bob introduced the very first hyperbaric oxygen chamber to a private veterinary practice on the North Shore. This pioneering step has allowed us to offer advanced, life-saving treatment for pets, and we have proudly led the way in providing HBOT in the New Orleans area and throughout the Gulf Coast.

Our VHMS (Veterinary Hyperbaric Medical Society) approved facility is equipped with a state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen chamber designed specifically for veterinary patients. HBOT has been scientifically proven to accelerate healing and improve recovery for pets with a wide range of conditions, including trauma, burns, surgical recovery, infections, and more.

The team at South Paws includes Michelle Badeaux, RVT, CHT-V, Ashley Jones, RVT, CHT-V, Kristen Leonard, CHT-V, and Jennifer Linn, RVT, CHT-V all of whom are highly trained and certified Veterinary Hyperbaric Technicians. Their expertise and dedication ensure that your pet receives the highest standard of care and safety during treatment.

With years of experience in veterinary hyperbaric medicine, we are committed to offering the most advanced therapeutic options available, giving your pet the best chance for a swift and full recovery.

While in the hyperbaric chamber, our patients inhale 100% oxygen at a higher pressure (1.5-2 ATA) than normal (1 ATA). The increased pressure in the chamber allows the blood plasma to absorb a much larger quantity of oxygen (15 X normal). HBOT greatly increases oxygen delivery to cells, tissues, glands, and other organs. This is extremely important for patients that have undergone surgeHowry, have orthopedic or sports medicine injuries, wounds and burns, as well as any injury where blood flow has been compromised to the tissues.

HBOT enables oxygen to reach damaged tissues at least 3 to 4 times the depth normally diffused by red blood cells. This is very important in swollen and inflamed tissues, where small blood vessels have been spread apart and oxygen from red blood cells is often unable to diffuse out far enough to supply the needs of damaged cells. HBOT improves wound healing, allows for increased circulation, decreases swelling/edema and inflammation, enhances the white blood cells’ ability to fight infection, and increases stem cell production and circulation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be of great help to veterinary patients by speeding up the healing process and may reduce or eliminate the need for more invasive procedures such as surgery, oftentimes resulting in a net savings of time and cost of treatment for pet owners.

• Wound healing – Non-Healing Wounds (wounds where blood supply is diminished)
• Burns
• Snake and Spider Bites – initial swelling and necrosis does not occur or is significantly reduced with HBOT intervention
• Post Radiation Wounds
• Infected Wounds and Abscesses – Allows for oxygen and antibiotic penetration into poorly circulated areas
• Crush Injuries (Dog bites and injuries cause by vehicles)
• Post Pyometra
• Post Pyothorax
• Post TECABO procedures for chronic ear infections
• Spinal Injury
• Intervertebral disc herniation – Significantly helps decrease edema, swelling, inflammation, and reperfusion injury to the spinal cord pre-and post-decompressive intervertebral disc extrusion surgery
• Vertebral Fractures and Acute Spinal Trauma
• FCE (fibrocartilaginous embolism) and degenerative myelopathy
• Diskospondylitis
• Brain – HBOT causes marked reduction in edema and returns patients to consciousness after head trauma. Has the potential to reverse damage to brain and spinal cord quickly
• Meningitis- Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis (GME) symptoms respond well due to decreased inflammation.
• Regenerative Medicine – HBOT has the ability to increase the production and circulation of stem cells 8 times greater than in normal conditions. This is critical for improving regeneration and healing of damaged tissues.
• Fractures – HBOT decreases post fracture pain and significantly slows edema, swelling, and inflammation. Increases circulation to the surrounding tissues, decreases infection rates, increases fibroblast stimulation, and speeds bone healing.
• Thermal Burns – Increased survival rates overall for burn victims, improved tissue viability, and decreased risk for infection.
• Skin Grafts and Flaps: Soft tissue reconstruction procedures that involve the creation of skin flaps or grafts heal faster, with less risk of infection, and improved viability of the skin. HBOT stimulates and increases new blood supply and decreases inflammation at the surgery site.
• Osteomyelitis – HBOT improves fibroblast function, is synergistic with antibiotics, and potentiates the antibiotic’s ability to kill bacteria.
• Hepatic, Renal and Bowel Inflammation – HBOT is very useful in the post-operative treatment of bowel inflammation. In most of these situations, blood supply to the organ is compromised by swelling, edema, and inflammation.
• Intestinal resection anastomosis, intestinal foreign body or obstruction
• GDV (Aka. Stomach Bloat)
• Intestinal ileus
• Necrotizing cholecystitis
• Pancreatitis, particularly when associated with severe edema and hemorrhage
• Peritonitis – Abdominal infections that are associated with mixed bacterial infections: HBOT decreases inflammation, improves penetration of antibiotics to all areas of bowel and within peritoneal fluid, potentiates the antibiotics, and improves healing.
• Poisonings (carbon monoxide, cyanide, smoke inhalation etc.) – HBOT quickly replaces carbon monoxide and other noxious gases. This is commonly used in human medicine post smoke inhalation during a house fire.
• Lyme Disease – The organism, Borrelia burgdorferi does not thrive or survive well in a hyperbaric environment.
• Decreases reperfusion injury: In cases of splenic, liver lobe, lung lobe, or stomach torsion
• Pain Management – Swelling, edema, and inflammation are decreased, tissue oxygenation improves, potentiates some pain medications
• Ischemic shock or following any acute hypoxic episodes
• Near drowning/Near hanging
• Severe sinusitis or septic rhinitis – Antibiotic delivery is improved, inflammation is decreased, pain is reduced
• Aortic embolization – in both cats and dogs – HBOT provides pure oxygen delivery and decreased reperfusion injury
• Cerebrovascular accident (Canine Stroke)
• Shock and VPC arrhythmias – Cardiac disease (Traumatic Myocarditis) where ischemia is present and cardiac muscle is damaged
• And a huge list of additional benefits and therapies…