Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Pella Regional Health Center is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during Wound Care Awareness Week. Dr. John Kanis with Pella Regional says Wound Care Awareness was established to bring attention to the 6.7 million Americans who are currently living with non-healing wounds. Pella Regional Health Center will dedicate the entire week to educating health clinics, providers, and their staff about the chronic wound epidemic and the advanced wound care solutions available at Pella Regional. While there are already millions of people living with chronic wounds, the incidence is rising, according to Kanis, fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy. If left untreated, chronic wounds can diminish the quality of life and lead to possibly amputation of the affected limb.

Kanis says a patient’s individualized treatment plan may include:
– specialized wound dressings
– debridement
– compression therapy
– hyperbaric oxygen therapy
– advanced cellular products and topical growth factors
– edema management
– non-invasive vascular assessment.

Contact Pella Regional Health Center to learn more about their new Wound Care unit, and hear more about the awareness week on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.