Beverly Hospital's website describes the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy program as part of the Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at the Cummings Center, where patients breathe 100% oxygen inside comfortable see-through chambers. The hospital is proud to offer the largest hyperbaric chambers available at its Beverly location. HBOT is used to treat diabetic wounds of the lower extremity, problem wound healing enhancement, skin grafts and flaps, osteomyelitis (bone infections), necrotizing soft tissue infections, radiation tissue damage, crush injuries, and acute traumatic injury. After physician prescription, patients receive an initial consultation and exam followed by a treatment plan and schedule. Patients are required to abstain from all tobacco products throughout treatment because tobacco use prolongs or prevents wound healing and constricts blood vessels.