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Wound Healing And The Importance of Nutrition For Older Patients Reading Time: 3 minutes There are many important factors that affect successful wound care management, but perhaps none are as important as nutrition. Nutrition is especially critical for older patients with wounds that are healing. Medical facilities with a consistent elderly patient population must focus on diet as…

The Importance Of Safety Management In Your HBOT Department Reading Time: 3 minutes The growth of hyperbaric medical facilities throughout the country and the globe has brought with it, an increase in demand for qualified professionals to uphold the best in patient safety and standards. As more and more medical facilities are incorporating Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)…

Reading Time: 2 minutes An in-depth wound diagnosis assessment is vital when ensuring that your patient receives the best treatment for their wound, thereby improving the speed of recovery and reducing the cost to the facility. Did you know pressure ulcers are the second most common lawsuit in patient care? Wound diagnosis is a foundational step in…

The Importance of a Wound Care Strategy Reading Time: 2 minutes Being the largest organ of the body, human skin is responsible for several vital functions including contributing to immunity, temperature regulation, sensation and vitamin production. As a dynamic organ, the cells are constantly shedding and being replaced. With a wound or skin disorder, the functionality of…

How Wound Care Management Can Help Prevent Pressure Ulcers Reading Time: 3 minutes Did you know that hospitalizations related to pressure ulcers cost between $9.1 to $11.6 billion per year? Pressure ulcers present costly challenges to the patient and healthcare systems increasing the need to educate and train staff on preventative measures. The good news is that wound…

Wound Care For Diabetes Reading Time: 3 minutes Diabetes is a disease that affects your entire body. Your ability to regulate the glucose in your blood, your circulation, immune system and even sensation is altered by this disease. By affecting these processes in your body, diabetes prevents wounds from healing at the rate that they should. Prolonged…

While medical advancements continue to benefit the healthcare industry, certain medical issues are on the rise. America currently faces an increase in the aging population, cases of diabetes (typically Type 2), cardiovascular disease, and obesity. As a result of these health concerns, an increased need for specialized wound care has developed. With only 1 out…

Hyperbaric Chamber Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) The CDC estimates that traumatic brain injuries account for approximately 30% of injury related deaths, with about 2.8 million traumatic brain injury related ER visits recorded in 2013. Today, outpatient program centers provide patients with oxygen therapy to accelerate healing of traumatic brain injuries. What Is Traumatic…

The Basics of Wound Care Management Basic wound care management is an area that makes use of a great deal of resources at any health care facility. For every surgery and for every injury treated, as well as any lesion-causing conditions, there will be a dependence on the ability to provide effective wound care. There…

What Are The Advantages Of A Wound Specialist? The term wound specialist is not one that many people are familiar with or truly understand. A wound specialist is a medical professional who has studied further, solely focusing on different types of wound and the actions that need to take place when intervention is necessary. Wound…

Hyperbaric Chamber – Benefits of Treatment Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is administered to patients in a monoplace, or multiplace, chamber depending on their condition. During this process, the patient is exposed to 100% oxygen, which promotes healing throughout their body and the fighting of infections. It is used to treat many medical conditions, as well…

Types of Chronic Wound Care Treatments A chronic wound is one that has failed to pass through the normal healing phases of a wound, but this does not mean that it has to stay that way and worsen over time. Medicine and technology are constantly evolving, creating new opportunities for healing, where there was no…