Christian Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center Participates in Wound Care Awareness Week

The Christian Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds. The fifth-annual Wound Care Awareness Week, sponsored by Healogics, is being held June 4-8. As one of nearly 800 Healogics-managed centers, Christian Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center offers advanced therapies to patients suffering from chronic wounds. Most notably in 2017, Christian Hospital’s center has achieved an average patient satisfaction rate of 90 percent, with 98 percent of patient wounds healed within 30 days or less.

It is estimated that chronic wounds affect 6.7 million people in the United States and the incidence is rising, fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy. Untreated, chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of the affected limb.

“We see patients living with non-healing wounds for a prolonged amount of time due to the lack of awareness of advanced wound care options,” said Adnan Siddiqui, MD, Medical Director of the Christian Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center. “We work to educate community physicians about which of their patients can benefit from advanced wound care, and then provide coordinated care to heal that patient’s wounds.”

People with wounds that have not improved with traditional methods of treatment may benefit from a visit to the Christian Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbarics Center. Visit www.woundcareawarenessweek.com to learn more about Wound Care Awareness Week and to hear from patients about how wound healing changed their life. To schedule an appointment, please 314-653-4076 or visit christianhospital.org.