Wound Care
One of the most burdensome and costly health conditions present, although under-recognized, is chronic non-healing wounds. Any sore or wound that has not significantly improved from conventional treatment is considered chronic or non-healing. At Central Valley Medical Center we can speed up the wound healing process by offering the most state of the art, specialized care for acute and chronic non-healing wounds. Our wound care specialist, working with multiple disciplines can devise just the right treatment plan for you.
What We Treat: Types of Wounds
- Surgical Wounds
- Pressure Sores
- Diabetic Pressure Ulcers
- Neuropathic Wounds
- Arterial Insufficient Wounds
- Venous Insufficient Wounds
- Burns
- Chemical Wounds
- Skin Tears
- Post-Surgical Infections
- Post-Procedural Wounds
- Traumatic Wounds
Treatments:
- Wound Assessment and Management
- Noninvasive vascular studies: Ankle Brachial Index
- Sensory Testing Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test
- Debridement: Sharp, Mechanical, Enzymatic, biological
- Proper and Current Bandaging Techniques
- Infection Prevention
- Vascular flow augmentation
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT).
- Maggot Debridement Therapy
- Tissue Substitutes: Placenta based, Pig Bladder
- Electrical Stimulation: One of the best-researched and most underused modalities in wound care.
- Ultrasound: To help re-initiate the inflammatory phase and accelerate wound healing.
- Preventative strategies.
