Ventilators are used in hyperbaric medicine for the treatment of ventilator-assisted individuals (or patients) requiring mechanical ventilation with conditions such as gas gangrene and ____.

A. high altitude illness
B. COPD
C. severe carbon monoxide poisoning
D. cerebral edema


Answer: C

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