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Date: 8/21/2015
HOLYOKE – In preparation for the opening of Holyoke Medical Center’s (HMC) Wound Care Center this fall, two hyperbaric oxygen chambers were delivered recently to support the facility's efforts to treat serious chronic wounds.
The Wound Care Center is a major strategic priority of HMC as it makes investments that will strengthen the level of community-centered care to effectively address patients' critical healthcare needs in the Pioneer Valley.
Weighing nearly 2,000 pounds each, measuring approximately nine feet by four feet by five feet in size, the chambers will treat serious chronic wounds for approximately 10 percent of the patients seen in the wound center.
The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps to heal chronic conditions, including diabetic foot ulcers and circulation ulcers, chronic bone infections, trauma and damage from radiation treatment.
“HMC is committed to delivering efficient, high quality healthcare to our patients, close to home. These hyperbaric chambers are only one component of our long-term efforts to bolster community-centered care,” Carl Cameron, chief operating officer, Holyoke Medical Center, said.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is one of the state-of-the-art treatment practices and protocols, which will be offered at the new Wound Care Center.
Others include negative pressure therapies, bioengineered tissues and biosynthetics. Chronic wounds affect more than 8 million people in the U.S.
The HMC Wound Care Center is a member of the Healogics network, the industry leader, which employs a rigorous scientific approach that explores, tests, finds and develops the clinically proven methods, protocols, pathways and technologies which reintroduce the body's innate ability to heal.
The Wound Care Center will be located at 18 Hospital Drive.