Diabetes & Wound Care Center
OLBH's Diabetes & Wound Care Center opened in the spring of 2006 on the ground floor of Bellefonte Centre on the OLBH campus.
For most people, cuts and scratches heal within days or weeks, but for those whose natural healing process is hampered, a simple sore can become a complex medical problem requiring specialized care. The staff at the OLBH Diabetes & Wound Care Center offer hope to patients whose wounds have been maintained for many years without healing. The OLBH Diabetes & Wound Care Center specializes in the treatment of problem wounds, a growing problem spurred by the aging of America. The center's wound services offer relief from all chronic, non-healing wounds including ulcers, pressure sores, trauma wounds, burns, surgical wounds and diabetes-related wounds.
The center includes two hyperbaric chambers to better and more quickly assist injuries in healing. "Our program is completely devoted to healing problem wounds, and helping our patients to reclaim their quality of life," Tracy Billings, the center's director of wound care, said. "The majority of the patients who are treated do not require hyperbaric oxygen therapy; however, those who do receive the treatment, have high healing rates because the process delivers high concentrations of oxygen to the blood stream and the wound bed, which rapidly accelerates the healing process."
The diabetes services of the center are designed
to help individuals with diabetes develop and practice the self-management
skills that will improve their health status and quality of life and reduce
the risk of diabetes-related complications. Services include education/counseling
support for adults and children with diabetes, pre-diabetes, and gestational
diabetes as well as treatment of diabetes- related wounds.
The focus of both the diabetes and wound services of the center is the patient and patient comfort. From the abundant parking of Bellefonte Centre to the increased-comfort of the hyperbaric chambers when compared to similar technology, the services of the OLBH Diabetes & Wound Care Center put the patient first.
For more information on the OLBH Diabetes & Wound Care Center, contact the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE. The center can be contacted by calling (606) 833-4043.
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