Wound care
Wound care involves medical interventions to heal a wound after injury. Specialized treatment is provided for wounds that are nonhealing or refuse to heal on their own. A vital aspect of treatment includes learning how to properly dress and care for a wound.
Wound care center in Thornton, Colorado
When your wounds simply won't heal, don't wait — you can start the recovery process now.
With access to advanced treatments like hyperbaric chambers and bioengineered skin, North Suburban Medical Center can help you heal. Our compassionate, expert team will listen to your concerns and find the care plan that's right for you.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free medical advice is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free medical advice is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Types of wounds we treat
We treat many types of wounds, including:
- Arterial ulcers
- Burns
- Collagen vascular disease
- Diabetes wounds and ulcers
- Infectious ulcers
- Nonhealing surgical incisions
- Pressure wounds and ulcers
- Radiation therapy burns
- Vasculitis ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
Our wound care program
At our facility, we offer advanced care options, such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), for chronic and nonhealing wounds. Our personalized treatment plans ensure your ongoing care meets your exact needs.
Wound care treatments we offer
Our wound specialists and nurses are highly trained and experience in treating wounds that won't heal in an expected time frame. Some of our effective and reliable treatments include:
- Bioengineered skin substitutes
- Complete ostomy care
- Compression therapy
- Dressing changes
- Enzymatic debridement agents
- Mist ultrasound healing therapy
- Negative pressure wound therapy (wound vac)
- Nutritional counseling
- Patient/family education
- Sharp and mechanical debridement
- Topical medications
Hyperbaric medicine
HBOT is an advanced therapy that promotes faster healing of nonhealing healing wounds. By breathing pure oxygen into your body while in a pressurized chamber, you collect more oxygen. The body will heal faster as this increased oxygen moves through the body, repairing damaged areas.
Conditions that HBOT can address are:
- Burns
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Compartment syndrome
- Crush injuries
- Gas gangrene
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Radiation injuries
- Skin grafts
- Thermal burns
Limb preservation
Chronic wounds can lead to poor circulation, infection and neuropathy, which sometimes results in amputation. Wounds of this type are often related to diabetes, and we seek to reduce these types of amputations. Our limb preservation care aims to help you retain your limb and avoid amputation.
Diabetes wound care and management
A common complication of diabetes is developing nonhealing wounds, called diabetic ulcers. These wounds sometimes lead to amputation, but our care program strives to prevent this through advanced treatments and attentive, progressive wound care.
Our diabetes education program helps you understand your treatment plan more fully. We work closely to help you manage the disease through lifestyle choices such as proper nutrition, increased exercise, outside support and one-on-one instruction.
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