| Serving residents throughout South Texas, the Wound Care Center is a "Special Care Unit" for patients requiring hyperbaric oxygen treatment, hydro therapy, wound vac treatment, and general woundcare/dressing changes. Hyperbaric oxygen is a medical treatment that places the entire body under increased atmospheric pressure while the patient breathes oxygen. The treatment may be recommended for patients who have: - Air or gas embolism
- Carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation
- Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Crush injury, compartment syndrome, and other acute traumatic ischemia
- Decompression sickness
- A need for enhanced healing in selected problem wounds
- Exceptional blood loss (anemia)
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections (subcutaneous tissue, muscle, fascia)
- Osteomyelitis refractory
- Radiation tissue damage (osteoradionecrosis)
- Skin grafts and flaps (compromised)
- Thermal burns
The Wound Care Center, at Reeves Rehabilitation Center in San Antonio, TX, provides wound care in private, monoplace chambers are seven feet long and 26 inches in diameter. The chambers, including a bariatric chamber, are made of transparent material and can be adapted to treat critically ill patients who require monitoring. Communication is through an intercom system, and the patient can watch television, listen to the radio or simply relax while being treated. Wound Care Services Care is provided in the Wound Care Center to patients of all ages, except for children under one year of age who need mechanical ventilation. Treatments and procedures provided in the unit include: - Monitoring (before, during and after treatments)
- Transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide monitoring (outside and inside the chamber)
- Hyperbaric oxygen treatments
- Mechanical ventilation
- Medication/intravenous fluid administration and maintenance
- Wound care
- Training of students and residents (medical, nursing, podiatry)
Our Location The Wound Care Center is on the third floor of University Hospital at 4502 Medical Drive in the South Texas Medical Center and at the University Health System – Texas Diabetes Institute at 701 South Zarzamora. Hours (UHS) 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 7 a.m. - Noon Saturday (210) 358-4320 Hours (TDI) 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (210) 358-7250 |
