lcmh.com 5 You might need wound care services if you have: • Chronic wounds (not healing within four weeks) • Acute wounds • Surgical wounds • Traumatic wounds • Diabetic wounds • Osteomyelitis (acute and refractory) • Fasciitis • Venous wounds • Arterial wounds • Compromised skin grafts and flaps • Delayed radiation injury • Necrotizing soft tissue infection • Crush injury, compartment syndrome and other acute traumatic ischemia • Clostridial myonecrosis Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) HBOT is a medical treatment that uses pure oxygen at two-to-three-times atmospheric pressure to aid in healing wounds. For patients that qualify, HBOT can help fight infection by: • Inhibiting and inactivating toxins • Improving white blood cell activity • Inactivating or killing certain bacteria • Enhancing the effectiveness of certain antibiotics • Allowing the body’s immune system to build tissues more effectively • Stimulating growth of new microvascular blood vessels • Reducing swelling and inflammation • Stimulating fibroblast activity to build collagen
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