PHYSICIANS
COLLABORATIVE CARE
Wound care treatment plan specialists
Hyperbaric Medicine Board-Certified Physicians
WHY PHYSICIANS REFER PATIENTS TO THE CENTER FOR WOUND HEALING
The Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine® offers physicians the opportunity to collaborate with hyperbaric medicine specialists in hospital-integrated, UHMS-accredited wound care clinics to provide patients with proven HBOT treatments and optimized outcomes.
CENTER FOR WOUND HEALING CLINICAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
The customized turnkey solutions of the Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine can deliver a seamlessly integrated hyperbaric wound clinic to enhance your hospital’s range of patient-focused healthcare services.
Our comprehensive clinic development solutions and management services address every stage of planning, building, staffing and managing a hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) wound care clinic in your hospital.
Indications
These approved indications for HBOT are typically covered by insurance.
This is not an exhaustive list. Consult your Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine specialist to discuss your patient’s specific needs. The Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine staff will assist your patients with securing insurance approval before the start of treatment.
- Chronic, non-healing wounds (diabetic and ischemic ulcers)
- Crush injuries / acute traumatic injuries
- Acute thermal burns
- Compromised surgical grafts and flaps
- Compartment syndrome
- Refractory osteomyelitis
- Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Arterial insufficiencies (including Peripheral Vascular Disease, or PVD)
- Central retinal artery occlusion
- Intracranial abscess
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Delayed radiation injury (Osteoradionecrosis and soft tissue radionecrosis)
- Severe anemia
- Air or gas embolism
- Decompression sickness
Contraindications
Chest X-rays are required to rule out a collapsed lung.
The only absolute contraindication for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an untreated pneumothorax (collapsed lung}. Chest X-rays are required to rule out this condition before treatment begins.
Frequently Asked Questions
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