When we're young, our skin heals quickly from common cuts and scrapes. Typically, that's because we have good circulation and our tissues are generally healthy. As we grow older or develop health issues that affect the skin or circulation, even the simplest wounds may not heal properly.
The St. Vincent Wound Care Center is the state's most advanced and comprehensive resource for patients with non-healing wounds.
St. Vincent offers a full-time, dedicated staff of physicians and nurses with specialized training in wound care. We believe it is vitally important to provide the highest level of expertise to address the variety of causes of non-healing wounds.
The St. Vincent Wound Care Center was developed by St. Vincent Health System and physicians at Arkansas Hyperbaric Associates who share a vision that it will be the finest resource of its kind in the state. Today, that vision has been realized.
On every visit, each patient sees a physician who evaluates and directs his or her individual course of treatment. The physicians continue to work with the patient and the rest of our team to identify and treat the underlying causes of the non-healing wound. Our team approach extends to other healthcare professionals who may be needed, including physical therapists, nutritionists and surgeons.
If you have a wound that refuses to heal with conventional treatment, call us today and find out how we might be able to help you.. The St. Vincent Wound Care Center is the state's most advanced and comprehensive resource for patients with non-healing wounds. We offer various treatment methods including Hyperbaric Oxygen.
Who Can Benefit From the St. Vincent Wound Care Center:
* Diabetics with non-healing wounds,certain foot wounds or previous amputations
* Patients diagnosed with blood clots that endanger the feet or toes to amputation
* Patients who?ve had surgery and have compromised healing of their surgical wound
* The occasional cancer patient who develops ?delayed radiation tissue injury? after radiation therapy
* Certain patients diagnosed with a serious brown recluse spider bite
* People who have experienced a scuba-diving accident that may require hyperbaric oxygen therapy
* Victims of acute carbon-monoxide poisoning who may require hyperbaric oxygen therapy
* Any person who has a wound that lasts for more than a month or is getting worse
Conditions Treated:
The most common conditions evaluated and treated include:
* chronic non-healing wounds resulting from diabetes
* vascular insufficiency (poor circulation)
* radiation damaged tissues
* collagen disorders
* rheumatoid arthritis
* pressure ulcers
* infection
* general trauma
If you have a wound that refuses to heal with conventional treatment,call us today and find out how we might be able to help you.