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IBHBOTInternational Board of
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine

The IBHBOT course behind every hyperbaric credential. It is taught at approved training sites, ends with an end-of-course exam, and every graduate receives a certificate of completion.

Who Takes It

Anyone entering hyperbaric medicine or wound care: people with no license, respiratory therapists, EMTs and paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and physicians. Everyone takes the same course.

What It Covers

41.5 contact hours in 17 modules, with 117 learning objectives. The course ends with an end-of-course examination.

ModuleTitleHours
I0Course Orientation—
I1History, Professional Roles and Clinical Practice1.5
C2Physics of the Pressurized Environment3.5
C3Physiology Under Pressure3.5
C4Decompression Theory and Modeling2.5
C5Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism3.5
C6Barotrauma2.5
C7Patient Assessment and Documentation Under Pressure2.0
C8Infection Prevention and Control in the Pressurized Environment1.0
H1Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Mechanisms and Indications4.5
H2Risk Factors, Contraindications and Complications2.5
H3Chamber Systems, Equipment and Gas Delivery3.5
H4Hyperbaric Safety, Fire Prevention and Emergency Procedures4.5
H5Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring2.0
H6Program Administration, Accreditation and Documentation1.0
I2Clinical and Technical Practicum1.5
I3Capstone and End-of-Course Examination2.0
Total41.5

See how this course compares with the UHMS and NBDHMT introductory course standards.

After the Course

The certificate of completion is a course document, not a credential. With it, you apply to IBHBOT for the credential your license qualifies you for, and sit that credential’s board examination.

Your licenseApply for
None, respiratory therapist, EMT, paramedic, other allied healthAssociate Hyperbaric Technician
RN or LPNAssociate Hyperbaric Nurse
PA, NP or physicianHyperbaric Medicine Provider