Support a Michigan pilot program for Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments (HBOTs), to treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and other conditions
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments (HBOTs): Appropriate funds to support a statewide pilot program for Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBl) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as many other diseases.
Currently, ten states (OK, AZ, TX, IN, KY, NC, FL, WY, VA, MD) have enacted HBOT treatment legislation. A total of 2O+ Institutional Review Board HBOT clinical medical trials have been completed since 2007, all demonstrating safety and efficacy of HBOT for Veterans suffering from TBI/PTSD.
Provide funding for the establishment and execution of an HBOT program in Michigan.
The “signature wounds” of Iraq and Afghanistan are TBI and PTSD, affecting an estimated 877,450 Veterans.
Additionally, more Veterans have died from Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Lower Limb Amputations (LLA) in the past 20 years (796,340) than all the Service Members killed in action in all the U.S. Wars (623,982) since the start of World War I. The current LLA Veteran mortality rate is 64-71% within 3 years post-LLA surgery.
For more information about HBOT, go to: www.TreatNOW.org.
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