{"id":220,"date":"2023-10-09T23:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/hyperbaric\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2025-06-12T21:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:42:34","slug":"location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-cta \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-cta\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Helipad Coordinates for use by Emergency Response and Transport Agencies:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>33\u00ba 26&#8242; 41.171&#8243; N | 33.44476972 N<br \/>\n118\u00ba 29&#8242; 00.841&#8243; W | 118.48356694 W<br \/>\nCoordinate System: WGC 84<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n        \n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= \/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/Helipad_Approach_Path_-_USC_Catalina_Hyperbric_Chamber-1.pdf\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Link to Preferred Flight Path\"  \n>\n    Link to Preferred Flight Path \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber is located on the campus of the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center near the Isthmus of Santa Catalina Island, which lays approximately 20 miles (32 km) off the coast of the Los Angeles Basin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-407\" src=\"\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/wmsc.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.\" width=\"900\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/wmsc.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/wmsc-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/wmsc-768x194.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lab is 2 miles (3.2 km) by road from the village of Two Harbors at the Isthmus, and 25 miles (40.2 km) from the major city of Avalon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d7926.949158772011!2d-118.4843330319091!3d33.37850452942074!2m3!1f0!2f40.46430156892133!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f20!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zMzPCsDI2JzQxLjIiTiAxMTjCsDI5JzAwLjgiVw!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1408403257652\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" title =\"map\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Catalina Island is a major diving location, with many prime dive sites on the West End of the island (<a href=\"https:\/\/frankosmaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map below from Franko&#8217;s Maps<\/a>). The location of the Chamber allows for rapid transportation of patients from these sites by LA County Lifeguard Baywatch boats to the Chamber.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-403\" src=\"\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/CatalinaIsland2008SideOne.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Catalina Island\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/CatalinaIsland2008SideOne.jpg 864w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/CatalinaIsland2008SideOne-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/CatalinaIsland2008SideOne-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the helipad adjacent to the Chamber Hanger patients can be rapidly flown in (generally by the US Coast Guard) from the other Channel Islands and the mainland for treatment. Shaded area below shows the area where most of the divers over the years have been brought in from.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-406\" src=\"\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/catchment.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the area surrounding Catalina Island.\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/catchment.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/catchment-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hyperbaric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/10\/catchment-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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