Wound Care
Helping patients heal
At West Jefferson Medical Center’s Wound Care Center, our treatment team consists of caring professionals working together to provide comprehensive, results-driven wound management. These physicians, wound care nurses, and technicians have extensive training in advanced wound care techniques.
We are a hospital-based outpatient wound healing clinic dedicated to the treatment of complex and non-healing wounds.
We are available to treat nearly any kind of wound, including:
- Diabetic foot wounds
- Diabetic ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
- Trauma wounds
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Dehisced surgical wounds
- Compromised skin grafts and flaps
- Impaired skin integrity
- Pressure injuries(pressure ulcers)
- Infected or necrotizing wounds
- Arterial ulcers
- Complex soft tissue wounds
- Other chronic or refractory wounds
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
Our multidisciplinary, hospital-based setting supports advanced diagnostics (e.g., vascular testing, laboratory testing, imaging) and streamlined coordination of care.
- Comprehensive evaluation: Assessing wound origin, underlying circulation, infection status, comorbidities.
- Allows for management of chronic/complex wounds without inpatient hospital stay.
Our physicians and specially-trained wound care staff provide customized care tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
- Patients can be referred by their physician or they can self-refer just by calling the clinic (no physician referral necessary).
- First appointments are typically scheduled within 48 hours of insurance authorization.
- We offer cash-pay options and accept Workers’ Compensation (Workman’s Comp) benefits.
- Convenient access: driveway with drop-off zone at the lobby entrance, wheelchair and EMS-accessible (located behind the Physician Clinics Building).
- Comfortable environment geared to frequent visits and wound care treatment.
- On-site hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBO2) for eligible patients as part of a comprehensive wound-healing service.
- Incorporating treatments like hyperbaric oxygen increases the ability to heal wounds that have not responded to standard care.
Our wound treatments
Patients who arrive at West Jefferson Medical Center seeking treatment for a wound will be thoroughly examined by our wound care team. These professionals will assess the condition of the wound and determine the best course of action to treat it. We take care to fully explain the appropriate treatment options and inform patients of what needs to be done to help their wounds heal properly.
West Jefferson Medical Center’s Hyperbaric Wound Care Center offers hyperbaric oxygen treatment to help improve the wound healing process.
We also offer laser ablation treatment to correct venous reflux and ultimately resolve venous stasis ulcers.
Contact our Wound Care Center at 504.349.6558.