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 An Effective Resource For Problem Wound Management.
The Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is dedicated to the
provision of state-of-the-art, outpatient clinical wound care and hyperbaric
medicine. We want you to think of our Center as an extension of your practice.
You maintain the care of your patient’s underlying disease and continue to
provide for your patient’s overall care. The Center will treat only the wound.
Patients Remain In Your Care.
When you refer a patient, the patient meets with our staff for a
consultation, including an examination and medical history evaluation. Our wound
care team will establish a treatment plan for your patient. Information
regarding the patient’s progress, along with updated photos of the wound, will
be submitted to you on an ongoing basis. You will remain an active member of the
wound care management team and the patient remains under your care.
Our Specialization – Advanced Wound Care.
The coordinated use of a variety of clinical treatments, debridement,
medicines, dressings and support services to treat chronic wounds has proven
highly effective in facilitating the healing process. When To Utilize The
Center And Which Patients Will Benefit Most.
Any patient with a wound that has not started to heal in two weeks or is not
completely healed in six weeks may be a candidate for the Center for Wound Care.
The staff at the Center specializes in the treatment of chronic, non-healing
wounds. Some of the indications for wound therapy are:
- Pressure ulcers
- Diabetic ulcers
- Neuropathic ulcers
- Ischemic ulcers
- Venous insufficiency
- Traumatic wounds
- Surgical wounds
- Vasculitis
- Burns
- Peristomal skin irritations
- Other chronic, non-healing wounds
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is an adjunctive therapy in which the
patient breathes 100% oxygen while enclosed in a pressurized chamber at
greater-than-normal atmospheric pressure. While breathing pure O2, the
patient’s blood plasma becomes saturated, carrying 15 to 20 times the normal
amount of oxygen to the body’s tissues. The ultimate result is that the
body’s natural wound-healing mechanisms, which are oxygen dependent, are
able to function more efficiently. Around 18% of wound care patients treated
may require HBOT. Approved Indications For Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
The following is a list of approved indications for HBOT which are currently
reimbursed by Medicare, HMOs and other insurance carriers:
- Soft tissue radionecrosis
- Actinomycosis
- Preservation of compromised skin grafts and flaps
- Chronic refractory osteomyelitis
- Diabetic ulcer of the lower extremities
- Crush injury/acute traumatic peripheral ischemia
- Progressive necrotizing infections (necrotizing fasciitis)
- Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency
- Osteoradionecrosis
Other approved indications (emergent) are only treated in hyperbaric
facilities staffed and equipped to provide emergency services on a
24-hour basis. Individualized Treatment Plans.
The Center utilizes the newest clinical tools in wound healing along
with traditional clinical practices including:
- Wound dressings
- Debridement
- Compression therapy
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Prescriptive growth factors
- Bio-engineered skin grafting
- Edema management
- Non-invasive vascular assessment
Patient care at the Center for Wound Care will focus on a whole
body approach to wound healing including:
- Nutritional assessment and counseling
- Diabetic education
- Patient and caregiver counseling
- Pain management
- Special needs for pressure relief including beds, seat
cushions and footwear
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