SFU Hyperbaric Chamber

The EMPU is Canada's only hyper/hypobaric research chamber. We specialize in training for clinical hyperbarics as well as awareness dives for the public.

Environmental Medicine and Physiology Unit (EMPU) at Simon Fraser University is the only civilian research hyper/hypobaric facility in Canada. It is capable of pressurizing or, “diving,” to 305 meters of sea water as well as drawing a vacuum, or “flying” the unit, to 33.5km Above Sea Level (ASL), which is equivalent to the atmospheric pressure on Mars! The EMPU is commited to advancing hyperbaric  ...