Tasmania

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
Royal Hobart Hospital

Liverpool Street
PO Box 1061L
Hobart
Tasmania 7001

Phone: 62 3 62228322, Fax 61 3 62228322
E-mail: corry.vandenbroek@dchs.tas.gov.au
E-mail: carol.baines@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Chamber

The Royal Hobart Hospital Hyperbaric Chamber was designed, fabricated and installed by the Hydro Electric Commission to the specifications of Dr Peter McCartney in 1992.

The main lock has a 1800mm x 1100mm wide door enabling easy access for patients in wheelchairs or on stretchers. The entry lock has an external door 900mm diameter and the capacity of accepting a NATO bayonet flange for the transfer of patients under pressure. There are two 900mm diameter in the internal bulkhead enabling the two locks to be used independently.

A feature of the Chamber is it has three 750mm diameter acrylic viewports to the main lock. Such large windows reduce the patients susceptibility to claustrophobia and enable the operator at the console panel to have full vision into the chamber.

The main chamber has the capacity to treat up to five patients simultaneously with one nurse attendant. Alternatively one ICU patient or two trolley patients may be treated simultaneously.
The Chamber is fitted with an Amron entertainment system allowing the patients to watch DVD/Video movies, listen to CD/Cassette music, listen to their favourite radio station or just read a book.

Specifications

Type: Horizontal cylindrical twinlock

Length: 6.0 m (Main lock 4.5 m, Entry lock 1.5 m)

Diameter: 2.5 m

Occupancy: 10

Maximum Working Pressure: 6 ATA

Completed: 1992

Personnel

Hyperbaric Co-Directors: Dr David Smart, Dr Margaret Walker

Hyperbaric Consultants: Dr David Cooper, Dr Jeremy Wallace, Dr Michael Rose

Hyperbaric Senior Registrar: Dr Anthony Lawler

Facility Manager: Corry Van den Broek

Hyperbaric Technician: Darren Lacey

Clinical Hyperbaric Nurse: Carol Baines

Hyperbaric Nurses: Bebe Brown, Phillipa Rice

Hyperbaric Administrative Assistant: Robyn Carrack