June is National Wound Care Awareness Month and the wound care clinic at
INTEGRIS Health Edmond wants to highlight the importance of early detection and treatment of wounds.
Nearly seven million Americans are living with a chronic wound. In fact, one in four families has a family member with a wound that won’t heal. People living with diabetes, heart disease or a vascular disorder may be more likely to develop this type of wound.
Chronic wounds are a growing health care problem with unrealized risk. Avoiding or delaying care can lead to infection, hospitalization or even amputation. Pandemic-related delays in care have been associated with a 50% increase in amputations. This risk is reduced by nearly half when care is provided by a multi-specialty wound care team.
INTEGRIS Health Edmond Wound Care and Hyperbarics opened in Feb. 2020 with
Guy Peterson, D.O., as the medical director. Treatment focuses on the causation of the wound, co-existing conditions that impact wound healing and topical wound management.
One service that INTEGRIS Health Edmond Wound Care and Hyperbarics offers is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. There are two chambers on site that allow treatment for wounds associated with chronic bone infection, diabetic ulcers of the lower extremities, compromised skin grafts and much more. Other services include non-invasive vascular studies, specialty wound dressings and compression therapy.
INTEGRIS Health Edmond Wound Care and Hyperbarics is located at 4509 INTEGRIS Parkway, Suite 145 in Edmond. Patients may be referred by a physician, health care professional or through a self-referral. Call 405-657-3195 to learn more.
