Wound Care & Hyperbarics at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles
Care areas
About
The Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center is a department of SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles, housed in Medical Building 1 west of the hospital. A multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses with advanced wound care training coordinates traditional and advanced therapies, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The center's brochure lists conditions it treats such as diabetic, venous and pressure ulcers, chronic refractory osteomyelitis, soft tissue radionecrosis, osteoradionecrosis and compromised skin grafts and flaps. It works with referring physicians, who are kept informed of their patients' progress.
Clinic services
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Wound care
- Sharp debridement
- Compression therapy
- Off-loading
- Bioengineered tissue alternatives
- Specialty wound dressings
- Diabetic foot management
- Vascular studies
- Edema management
- Laboratory testing, imaging and scans
- Dietary and diabetes education coordination
- Topical prescription medications
Conditions
- Diabetic ulcers
- Chronic refractory osteomyelitis
- Compromised grafts & flaps
- Soft-tissue radionecrosis
- Osteoradionecrosis
- Acute traumatic peripheral ischemia
- Progressive necrotizing infections (necrotizing fasciitis)
- Venous ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Traumatic wounds
- Vascular ulcers
- Neuropathic ulcers
- Arterial insufficiency wounds
- Crush injuries
- Actinomycosis
- Burns
- Non-healing skin tears
- Certain insect-bite wounds
Planning your visit
SSM Health states that wound care services require a referral by a physician.
The center is in Medical Building 1, the building west of the hospital; Suite 120 is immediately to the right of the main lobby entrance. Parking is available in the Medical Building 2 lot, and the center's brochure notes that valet parking is available. Referring offices can send a completed referral form to the center by fax or call the center directly. SSM Health describes hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an outpatient treatment used together with other treatments, given once a day for about four to six weeks depending on the patient's condition. Patients rest on a bed inside the chamber and breathe 100% oxygen while the pressure is raised, and most sessions last about two hours.
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