Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine
Treatment for Chronic Wounds in Central Minnesota
Coping with chronic, non-healing wounds can be both frustrating and time-consuming, but help is available.
CentraCare Wound Centers offer chronic wound care management in an outpatient setting. The centers use a multi-disciplinary, evidence-based approach to treat those suffering from slow-to-heal or non-healing wounds.
CentraCare Wound Centers serve patients with:
- Diabetic ulcers
- Venous ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Arterial ulcers
- Wounds still present after recent revascularization procedures
- Wound or tissue damage as a result of radiation therapy in the past
- Edema therapy
- Lymphedema therapy (Offered at Willmar & Redwood location only)
- Bone infections
- Stoma/ostomy management (Offered at Willmar & Redwood location only. St. Cloud patients are treated by wound care nurses at St. Cloud Hospital)
- Traumatic wounds and burns
- Compromised skin grafts and flaps
- Wounds that haven't healed within 30 days
CentraCare Wound Centers treat each patient individually. Treatment options include:
- Vascular evaluation
- Wound debridement
- Cellular- or tissue-based product application
- Compression therapy
- Pressure off-loading
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
To help in your healing, those who meet criteria may be referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a simple but effective treatment in which you breathe pure oxygen inside a pressurized chamber. The chamber has clear sides through which you can see your surroundings. It is in a comfortable treatment room equipped with television and videos.
The therapy quickly and safely delivers high concentrations of oxygen to your bloodstream, which helps increase your body’s own natural wound-healing abilities.
As A New Patient
Upon referral, you will have an examination to identify the type of wound you have and its underlying causes. Once completed, a program specifically tailored to your needs will be started based on the most effective treatment options.
