Finding Solutions for Slow-Healing Wounds

FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR SLOW-HEALING WOUNDS MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS CAN DURING HBO THERAPY- CAUSE SLOW WOUND HEALING Patients sit in a large oxygen chamber I Diabetes I Rheumatoid arthritis 1 Vascular/arterial diseases The chamber delivers 100% oxygen Oxygen stimulates healing by promoting healthy tissue function decreasing swelling, and killing infections I Infection I Poor nutrition I Age WITHOUT CARE, UNHEALED WOUNDS CAN CAUSE COMPLICATIONS Patlents typically require care 5 days per week with 2 hours per session for 20 days Treatment is painless, and patients can listen to musi Infections Need for amputation Severe pain 1 Permanent scarring Embarrassing odors or watch TV TREATMENT DEPENDS PROVIDED BY: SOURCES: ON THE WOUND http://mountainviee-hospital.com/servicelwound-cam http//wwww.diobetes.couk/symptoms slow-healing-af-woundshtml http://ww.mayocinic.org/tests-precedures/ hyperbaric-axygen-therapy banicalwhy-ta-donelpro-20019167 http://wwhbot.com/tog http://wwwabmdcom/diobetefeatures diobetes undh-coring-soes ROUNTAINYTY Debridement Negative pressure WOUND CARE & Compression therapy Skin grafts HYPERBARIC Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) CENTER Antibiotics www.MOUNTAINVIEW-HOSPITAL.COM