Patient Safety
Safety Is Not an Accident
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves elevated pressure and 100% medical-grade oxygen — a combination that demands the highest standards of clinical training, equipment quality, and operational discipline. At Bay Area Hyperbarics, our impeccable safety record over 28 years and more than 100,000 patient treatments is the result of deliberate, sustained commitment to every detail of safe care.
28
Years of operation with an impeccable safety record
100K+
Patient treatments completed safely
40
Years our chamber manufacturer has operated without a single equipment-attributable accident
0
Serious safety incidents in our clinic's history
Meet our safety director
Safety leadership starts at the top.
Bay Area Hyperbarics is one of very few independent clinics in the country to have a dedicated Safety Director — a role we treat as a clinical necessity, not an administrative title. Our Safety Director personally reviews all safety protocols with our hyperbaric technicians every quarter, ensuring standards are not just documented but practiced.
Safety Director & CHT
W. David Roberts
David is a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist (CHT) — the highest credential in the field — and serves as our full-time Safety Director. In this video, he walks through the specific protocols, training requirements, and equipment standards that keep our patients safe every single day.
His role is unique in the independent clinic space. Most facilities have no equivalent position. Ours is a core part of how we operate.
Clinical team & training standards
Our people
Safe hyperbaric care begins with the people in the room. Our credentialing requirements go well beyond what most facilities consider adequate — because we believe patients deserve more than minimum standards.
Medical Director trained in hyperbaric medicine
Nurse Practitioner onsite during every treatment
Certified Hyperbaric Technologist on every shift
EMT-certified technicians
Minimum 40 hours of accredited training
One month of supervised in-house training
Our protocols
Clinical credentials alone are not enough. Safe outcomes require disciplined, consistently applied operating protocols — reviewed regularly and never treated as a formality.
Quarterly safety protocol reviews
100% cotton clothing for all patients
Grounding straps on every patient
Strict no-outside-items policy
Continuous patient monitoring
Fire marshal and code compliance
Our equipment
The chamber you treat in and the oxygen delivery method used are not interchangeable details — they are the foundation of both your safety and the effectiveness of your treatment. We made deliberate choices in both.
FDA-approved monoplace chambers
Air-pressurized chambers — not oxygen-filled
Liquid oxygen converted to gas
No oxygen concentrators
Treatments at 1.5 to 2.5 ATA
UHMS and standards-body compliance
Our commitment
Safety is how we respect every patient who walks through our door.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an extraordinary treatment. It can heal conditions that conventional medicine cannot. But it must be practiced correctly, in the right equipment, by properly credentialed people, following rigorous protocols — every time, with every patient.
That is what we do. It is what we have done for 26 years. And it is why, when patients ask us whether HBOT is safe, our answer is simple: at Bay Area Hyperbarics, it is.
If you have questions about our safety practices, our staff credentials, or what to expect during your treatment, our team is available Monday–Friday, 8 am–5 pm. We welcome every question.
Schedule a free phone consultation
Talk with our team about your diagnosis, what to expect during treatment, and any safety questions you have — at no charge.
