UConn Health’s Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Treatment Center: Providing Comprehensive Wound Care Services and Specialists all in One Place
UConn Health, a leading academic medical center in Connecticut, provides high-quality wound care services to its patients. The healthcare provider boasts a specialized outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine treatment center. It is one of the few wound centers in Connecticut that offers critical access to multidisciplinary wound care services and specialists all in one place, ensuring that patients receive the best care possible.
Meet the Multidisciplinary Team of UConn Health Experts
UConn Health’s Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is led by a team of multidisciplinary experts, including Dr. Mina L. Boutrous, an experienced vascular surgeon at UConn Health; Nancy Dupont, RN, director of epidemiology, infection control, dialysis, wound care, and hyperbaric medicine; and Nicole Belmonte, RN, a wound care nurse specialist. The team’s expansive expertise guarantees that patients have access to UConn Health’s vascular surgery, limb salvage, infection prevention, plastic surgery, and podiatry services.
Customized Treatment Plans for Each Patient
Each wound patient referred to UConn Health receives a customized treatment plan for both the underlying cause of their condition and the acceleration of their individualized wound’s healing. Proper wound care is critical for hard-to-heal or non-healing wounds. If left untreated, they can grow into more significant health and quality of life consequences, such as leading to limb amputations or life-threatening infections. Underlying conditions like diabetes, circulation problems, or even radiation treatment can cause chronic wound problems.
Traditional and Advanced Wound Care Techniques Offered
UConn Health’s multidisciplinary and comprehensive wound care team of experts are caring for:
- Burns and trauma wounds
- Cancer-related wounds
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Chronic osteomyelitis
- Compromised skin grafts and flaps
- And other wounds that require advanced wound care modalities
Boutrous adds, “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has proven benefits and results, so we are thrilled to offer chronic wound patients access to two state-of-the-art HBO chambers.” The advanced HBO technology is particularly beneficial for wound patients with open wounds, non-healing ulcers due to diabetes, and chronic conditions such as osteomyelitis, radionecrosis, and osteoradionecrosis. HBO therapy is offered in a private, state-of-the-art chamber. It utilizes 100% oxygen under elevated pressure to enhance a patient’s natural ability to heal and fight infection by increasing oxygen levels in damaged tissues, stimulating the growth of new blood vessels, and enhancing immune cell function. The treatment regimen typically lasts five days a week for two hours to accelerate a wound’s healing.
Reducing Connecticut’s Health Disparities in Wound Care
“We are very excited to open UConn Health’s new wound center. It is cutting-edge with the most advanced technology and comprehensive wound care expertise and resources,” says Boutrous. “Our biggest hope is to provide curative wound services to all patients in need, especially those in underserved populations whose chronic wound issues may often be overlooked, undertreated, or they don’t have the means to travel far from their homes for care.” Boutrous stresses, “UConn Health’s new wound center will have a huge impact on reducing Connecticut’s current health disparities in wound care to ensure all patients are getting the health care services they need to live their full and highest-quality lives.”
Patient access to multidisciplinary wound care services and specialists all in one place ensures timely wound healing, reduces the need for hospitalization due to non-healing wounds, and improves overall health outcomes for patients.
If you or a loved one has a chronic or hard-to-heal wound, UConn Health’s Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Treatment Center offers comprehensive wound care services with the most advanced technology and expert care.
Originally Post From https://today.uconn.edu/2024/07/patients-benefit-from-wound-care-and-hyperbaric-medicine-services-at-uconn-health/
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