WOUND AND HYPERBARIC CENTER

Are you one of the five million people who have a wound or sore that won't heal? Or are you caring for someone who does? The Wound and Hyperbaric Center at Florida Hospital Waterman and its team of experts can help you.

Our multidisciplinary team focuses on all aspects of wound care. The team consists of experienced healthcare professionals in the specialties of general surgery, vascular surgery, podiatry, nursing, diabetes, physical therapy and nutrition who take you step by step along the way through your diagnosis and treatment. Our goal is to assist you in the healing process and help prevent recurrence of these wounds. This comprehensive approach will help wounds to heal in the quickest, most cost effective way possible.

For the physician as well as the patient, treating a wound that refuses to heal is frustrating, time-consuming and expensive. Effective management usually requires a multidisciplinary approach, which is rarely practical for the individual physician.

Our comprehensive outpatient center is designed to work closely with your physician's existing services. Your referring physician will continue to treat the underlying condition and receive reports on your continuing progress.

Florida Hospital Waterman is also equipped with three Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) chambers. In HBO therapy, the patient breaths 100% oxygen at a pressure greater than one atmosphere, allowing parts of the body that are not getting enough circulation to receive additional oxygen and speed healing. On an outpatient basis, hyperbaric treatments are primarily used for patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, compromised skin grafts, acute peripheral arterial insufficiency, and certain infections.

When to call for an appointment

A prescription from your physician is not required to make an appointment at the Wound and Hyperbaric Center. To schedule an appointment, please call 352.253.3100.

Patients may be seen for:

• Foot wounds resulting from diabetes
  Leg ulcers due to poor circulation
  Venous leg ulcers
  Pressure ulcers (bed sores)
  Non-healing surgical or traumatic wounds
  Burns

Treatment may include:

• Debridement
  Infection control
  Local wound care
  Compression therapy
  Physical therapy
  Skin grafting
  Re-vascularization
  Orthotics
  Pressure reducing devices
  Diabetes education

With this complete range of services now available in the community, people with wounds no longer have to travel for care.

The Wound and Hyperbaric Center is located in Suite 3290 of the Florida Hospital Waterman Medical Office Building in Tavares.  For more information, please call 352.253.3100.