Electric Cord Bite with Thermal Burns in a Canine
CASE STUDY – HBOT & VETERINARY MEDICINE
Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy
11/18

17 Days after
Hyperbaric Oxygen
Treatments
Diesel
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Dates:
- 11/14 – 1 treatment
- 11/15 – 2 treatments
- 11/16 – 2 treatments
- 11/17 – 2 treatments
- 11/18 – 1 treatment
A young canine was found salivating and pawing at his mouth next to a “chewed” electric cord plugged into a lamp. A large linear burn lesion was discovered on his tongue. Adjunctive HBOT was given along with other methods of pain management and antibiotic therapy.