Duke’s Hyperbaric, Diving, and Altitude Medicine Program is a multidisciplinary offering of the Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology.

Using hyperbaric oxygen therapy, our cross-disciplinary team of experts serves patients suffering from conditions that include:

• Air or gas embolism
• Carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation
• Compromised skin grafts and flaps
• Decompression sickness (“the bends”)
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections
• Problem and slow-healing wounds
• Severe blood loss and anemia

Learn more about conditions we treat.

Diving Safety

Working closely with the Divers Alert Network (DAN), Duke’s Hyperbaric, Diving, and Altitude Medicine Program supports and advances diving safety through medical and physiological research, diver education, and skilled treatment of divers who require our services.

Appointments and More Information

To learn more about our program, call 919-684-6726. To schedule an appointment, consultation, or tour, call 919-681-1685.

For diving emergencies, call 919-684-8111 or 919-684-4DAN (4326) collect.