National Brain Injury Rescue and Rehabilitation (NBIRR) Clinical Trial
A fundraiser supporting BAROMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD
Between 300,000 and 600,000 veterans are suffering from TBI and PTSD, the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military medicine has spent hundreds of millions on studies with drugs and other interventions that have little or no effect on healing the underlying damage to brains injured by modern combat, IEDs, and repeated exposure to war. NBIRR is a Clinical Trial under strictest medical guidelines meant to prove the safety and efficacy of HBOT while treating 1,000 patients. HBOT currently is not covered by insurance. The fact is that HBOT has already helped heal hundreds of patients with a variety of injuries, including TBI and PTSD. The next step is to run a rigorous scientific study to prove that HBOT, in fact, improves the quality of life of brain-injured patients during and after treatment with hyperbaric oxygen. The hope is that, with this evidence and scientific validation, Congress and the public will insist that the VA, DOD and the military medical system recognize the need and the moral imperative to insure treatments with HBOT. Without the trial, the military medical community will continue to refuse to recognize that HBOT 1.5 is medically sound, safe, effective and vastly less expensive and more humane than treating veterans with drugs for life. The Baromedical Research Institute is a 501(c)3 charity and all donations to this site are tax deductible.
Checks and Money Orders can be sent to:
Wachovia Bank
c/o BRI/NBIRR
1701 North Mckinley Road
Arlington, VA 22205
Make checks out to: BRI/NBIRR
Please include email and postal mail information so we can send you your receipt. All donations are tax-deductible.
Donors' Wall
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Charles ChapmanThanks for educating me Rob!
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stephani vidrineThis is a wonderful thing.... hbot has helped my husband swallow his food better, and answer yer/no questions... we are only halfway (40 treatments), and a year later.. as soon we get funds we are going for another 40.. slowly but surely my husband is coming back to us.. God bless- stephani
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Barry Argroves
Like many others, I have seen the benefits of HBOT 1.5 for a member of my family. I am excited to see that the efforts of Dr. Paul Harch, Dr. Bill Duncan, and many others have brought the NBIRR Fund to a reality. I am honored to be able to contribute to this cause, and look forward to the day that HBOT 1.5 will be fully accepted as a standard of care for all people who have experienced head injuries of any kind. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this cause. May God Bless, Barry Argroves
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Anita Duncan
I've personally witnessed what hyperbaric oxgyen therapy or HBOT 1.5 can do. Several of my husband's family and mine also were treated with extremely positive results that nothing else did. Some were vets and some were civilians. All had some level of brain injury sustained in various ways - all were not functioning at their best. This treatment must be made available to everyone, in every hospital, every clinic, every medical school training until it is standard of care.
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William Duncan
Eight years ago a 23 old young man had lived in a dark room for two years after his service-connected brain injury. Last Monday, after being treated with 1/2 of the NBIRR HBOT 1.5 protocol, he started teaching 5th grade. He now has a bachelor's degreee and lives in the burbs with his wife and four children. None of that was possible before Dr. Harch repaired his brain injury. It was andis a miracle to watch. Since then Dr. Harch has treated many of my family members and friends and relatives, and all had the same kind of miraculous recovery. To see the veterans recover has truly been remarkable. I am grateful to be able to donate a little bit to this worthy cause, as well as a lot of my time. Dr. William A. Duncan, Executive Director, International Hyperbaric Medical Foundation.
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