Northwest Florida Community Hospital Opens Wound Healing Institute®

CHIPLEY — The Wound Healing Institute® at Northwest Florida Community Hospital now offers relief from problem wounds to the residents of Washington County and Northwest Florida, through the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.  A painless and noninvasive treatment that delivers the natural healing qualities of one hundred percent oxygen under pressure, the procedure helps the body fight infection and promotes formation of healthy tissue.

‘Treating wounds that won’t heal due to circulation, diabetes, infection, trauma, or inflammation, this cutting edge technique offers a quality of life and an alternative to amputation’, states Northwest Florida Community Hospital CEO Patrick Schlenker.

The Wound Healing Institute® at Northwest Florida Community Hospital has selected a team of professionals trained in wound care that use advanced therapies such as growth factors, living tissue, negative pressure, and hyperbaric oxygen.  Physician specialists personalize a plan of care that promotes the quickest path to healing and these experts take the time to guide and instruct the patient, their family, and their caregivers on appointment responsibilities, and post treatment care. 

While patients are treated by the Wound Healing Institute®, they remain under the supervision of their primary care physicians who receive detailed progress reports and communications keeping them involved at every opportunity.  Medicare/Medicaid, most HMOs, and other private insurance companies cover nearly all of the treatments.

‘The benefits of this therapy are far reaching, as the body requires oxygen to heal damaged tissue,’ says Innovative Healing Systems CEO Cathy Todorovich.  ‘These treatments safely enhance the body’s natural healing process which is achieved by inhalation of one hundred percent oxygen.’

The Wound Healing Institute® at Northwest Florida Community Hospital provides the latest BaraMed® XD equipment where advanced computers regulate pressurization giving the most comfortable and caring treatment possible, and a multitude of wounds, including Diabetic Ulcers, Infected Wounds and Lacerations, Arterial Ulcers, Burn Wounds and Crush Injuries can be treated in this fashion.

To start the healing process, patients with chronic wounds should ask their primary care physician for a referral to the Wound Healing Institute® at Northwest Florida Community Hospital or contact the hospital directly.

For more information about Northwest Florida Community Hospital or the Wound Healing Institute® please visit www.ChipleyHospital.com or call Joanie Beard, Chief Nursing Officer, at 850-638-1610.