Wound Healing
Sometimes, your body needs a little extra help recovering after an injury to your skin or soft tissues. That’s where St. Bernards Wound Healing comes in. We’ll ease your pain and teach you how to prevent wounds from returning, so you feel better over the long term.
Do I Need Wound Care?
Visit a St. Bernards Wound Healing clinic if you or your child experiences:
- A wound that hasn’t healed in 30 days (if you don’t have diabetes)
- A wound that hasn’t healed in 14 days (if you have diabetes)
- An infected wound (no wait required)
- A burn or spider bite (no wait required)
Don’t ignore a wound that doesn’t seem to improve. By getting specialized care, you’ll help prevent other problems and protect your overall health.
What to Expect
Watch this video to meet Tony Lamkin, MD, a wound specialist with St. Bernards, and learn what to expect from your care.
Wounds We Treat
You can trust us for effective care of:
- Diabetic foot ulcers, especially if you have nerve damage or a misshapen foot
- Failing skin grafts or flaps
- Gangrene (tissue death)
- Pressure ulcers (bedsores)
- Radiation burns
- Surgical wounds
- Traumatic or crush injuries (wounds that happen because of a blow or impact)
- Wounds that don’t heal because of poor blood flow in the lower legs
Treatments Tailored to You
You may benefit from:
- Antibiotic ointments for infected wounds
- Debridement to remove damaged and dead tissue
- Dressings with growth factors that jumpstart your body’s healing process
- Negative pressure therapy, which uses a gentle vacuum to draw out fluids and infected tissue from a wound
- Skin grafts and tissue substitutes
- Total contact cast to protect and support an injured foot so it can heal
- Vascular surgery to improve blood flow to a wound
We’ll make regular appointments to check on you and adjust the treatment plan, if needed, so you make as much progress as possible.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Wounds need a healthy supply of oxygen to heal. But they might not get enough oxygen-rich blood if you have diabetes, peripheral artery disease or certain other conditions. So, your doctor may recommend HBOT—a treatment available in Jonesboro and Paragould.
For this simple therapy, you lie in a clear chamber while breathing 100% pure oxygen under higher pressure than the air you breathe in everyday life. This technology helps deliver more oxygen to your body.
Treatment sessions usually last two hours and take place each weekday for six weeks. We’ll help you determine if insurance covers HBOT for your condition.
Full Team in Your Corner
You’ll achieve your best outcome with support from a team of specialists, including:
- A wound physician – Oversees your care
- A diabetes educator – Teaches you how to prevent foot wounds and other side effects of diabetes
- A dietitian – Works with you to plan a nutritious diet that supports wound healing
- An infectious disease physician – Helps treat infected wounds
- Ostomy nurses – Care for colostomies and other types of openings a surgeon makes to collect waste from your body
- A podiatrist – Helps treat foot wounds
- A plastic surgeon – Repairs damaged skin or tissue
- A vascular surgeon – Treats narrowed or clogged blood vessels to improve wound healing
Wound Care Saves Man’s Foot
After developing a diabetic ulcer, Tony King was in danger of losing part of his foot. But after treatment from St. Bernards Wound Healing, he recovered so well that he was able to go deer hunting.
