Virginia Mason Partners with Seattle Aquarium to Provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Rescued Sea Turtle
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 10:20
in Biology & Nature
A rescued sea turtle undergoing rehabilitation at the Seattle Aquarium became the first nonhuman treated in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Virginia Mason Hospital earlier this week when medical experts and marine wildlife veterinarians collaborated in an effort to compress internal gas bubbles that prevent the reptile from diving or remaining under water.