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Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine
Chronic wounds affect more than six million Americans. These wounds are usually the result of common health problems such as diabetes or poor circulation and can make everyday tasks painful or impossible.
CHRISTUS Spohn provides the community with a physician based wound care and hyperbaric center with a team of wound care specialists, registered nurses, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants and hyperbaric technicians who provide compassionate care and use advanced technology to achieve complete healing of wounds.
Comprehensive wound care at the CHRISTUS Spohn Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center includes the treatment of wounds while optimizing the patient’s nutritional status and managing chronic disease issues.
Specialized wound care treatments, which may include hyperbaric medicine, can help accelerate the healing process, reduce the risk of dangerous infection or amputation, and help patients avoid hospitalization.
Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is the painless use of pressurized oxygen to treat acute and chronic wounds, smoke inhalation and many other conditions. This treatment modality is a proven and successful method of therapy and is currently available at CHRISTUS Spohn hospitals in Corpus Christi.
The comprehensive wound care and hyperbaric medicine science is offered at CHRISTUS Spohn Corpus Christi-Memorial and Shorelineand includes:
- Debridement
- Compression Therapy
- Specialty Dressings
- Vacuum Assisted Closure Devices
- Pharmacology Therapy
- Growth Factors
- Bio-Engineered Tissue Products
Wound care services are also available at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice, CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville and CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg.
