Brian Lynch, a solicitor practicing in Galway met people using hyperbaric oxygenation for concussion injury while having his 57 daily sessions in Dublin. “It’s also used for other neurological tissue injury such as in dementia, carbon monoxide poisoning, cancer radiation tissue injury and brain damage due to drug overdose” said Mr Lynch.
Once a GP refers a player for oxygenation for concussion injury, it’s covered by the GAA Injury Benefit Fund subject to rules.
Unfortunately, there is a medico-legal problem for neurologists. They must fear being ‘damned if I they do and damned if they don’t’ explain about the known benefits for concussion using hyperbaric oxygenation.
Nonetheless, a doctor must take reasonable care to inform a patient in a balanced way on treatment options on the best available evidence at the time, before an informed consent to medical intervention. Mr Lynch said: “when the already known benefits of hyperbaric oxygenation for concussion are explained to patients and GAA leaders, I predict that the GAA concussion management guidelines will change.”
A neuroscientist explained: “An injury is an injury no matter where it is or what caused it…” according to Dr Shai Efrati, in the Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University.” They use before and after SPECT scans of the brain to prove the known benefits.
Next week, there is an article on the Netflix movie “Concussion” which connected NFL player’s concussions injury to brain disorders in later life.
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