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Q&A on Wound Care
Helping People Heal
Non-healing wounds can affect
anyone and prevent you
from leading an active life.
Here are some answers to frequently
asked questions about wound care at
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
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Who benefits from wound care?
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The Wound Care & Hyperbaric
Medicine Program at San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital helps individuals
who have a wound that will
not mend itself through the body's
natural healing process or will not
heal significantly with the help of
other treatment. This is good news
for people in Baytown and
surrounding areas with non-healing
wounds, severe infections,
diabetic foot ulcers, serious cuts or
burns, or snake or spider bites.
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Who provides wound care?
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Wound care is provided by a team
of professionals who are specially
trained to care for people with
wounds that have resisted healing.
The team consists of doctors,
nurses and therapists who use a
unique combination of advanced
treatments. This specialized
approach to wound care has
successfully helped thousands
of patients whose wounds did
not improve with other methods
of treatment.
Once results of a thorough evaluation
are available, the team of
specialists develops a treatment plan to meet the patient's individual
needs. The patient's progress is
carefully followed so that changes
can be made to the treatment plan
if necessary. Valuable time also is
spent educating the patient about
proper home care to help ensure
that healing progresses as quickly
as possible.
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What is hyperbaric medicine?
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As part of his or her treatment
program, a patient occasionally
may require hyperbaric medicine,
a relatively new, rapidly emerging
treatment.
Wounds heal at a more rapid
pace when the patient breathes
100 percent oxygen at higher
pressures than that of the normal
environment. Hyperbaric treatment,
therefore, takes place in a
specially designed chamber that
helps deliver the prescribed amount
of oxygen to the patient's body
tissue, at which time the healing
process begins. This procedure
also is beneficial for individuals
who experience carbon monoxide
poisoning, smoke inhalation or
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For More Information
For more information about San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital's Wound
Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Program,
or if you have a wound that is not
healing and you would like to
make an appointment, please
call 281-425-2160.
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