The Wound Care Center will specialize in the treatment of chronic or difficult-to-heal wounds, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure therapies and skin substitutes.
“Since we’ve had such great success at the Fort Hamilton location, this is a great opportunity to extend the service to other communities,” said Heidi Loughran, clinical nurse manager for the wound center set to open soon.
The Liberty Pointe center will offer the same advanced healing services that are now offered at the hospital including two hyperbaric oxygen chambers, according to Kettering Health. A patient enters an enclosed hyperbaric chamber that delivers pure oxygen and the oxygen speeds up the healing process.
“Our goal is to reach patients with the best wound care possible in any way that we can, so this is a way to reach patients in a more convenient location,” said Christina Skinner, Liberty Pointe’s program manager.
Hard-to-heal wounds affect growing populations of diabetic, obese and older adults with poor circulation, as well as cancer patients, local health experts say. Left untreated, cuts and other abrasions that won’t heal on their own due to other health complications could lead to amputation or infection.
The services to be offered can treat wounds due diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, arterial insufficiency ulcers, pressure ulcers, and other wounds such as surgical wounds and wounds related to radiation treatment, Loughran said.
However, many people are not aware that advanced wound healing services are available as a treatment option, Loughran and Skinner said.
Once Liberty Pointe Wound Care Center opens, call 513-645-8181 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Appointments do not require a referral from a doctor or specialist.
In the meantime, prospective patients can call The Center for Wound Healing at Fort Hamilton Hospital at 513-867-3166.
“I’m excited we can open this to an expanding community so more people can access this,” Loughran said.
Fort Hamilton opened in 2006 a wound healing center at 1010 Cereal Ave. Medical experts provide outpatient treatment services and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The Hamilton center is operated in partnership with Healogics Inc.
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