Wound Care

Why Choose Mount Nittany Health Wound Care?

If you have a wound that isn’t healing, you may need to see a Wound Care provider for evaluation. Problem wounds need additional care and treatment to help them heal. We work closely with specialties like the Diabetes Foot Clinic, Orthotics, Vascular Surgery, and others, to provide you with advanced therapies in the treatment of problem wounds. Treatments may include hyperbaric medicine, advanced wound care, and orthotics.

Our Approach to Wound Care

Every patient receives a thorough exam to identify the type of wound they have and any underlying problems that may be preventing the wound from healing. A treatment plan is developed outlining the most-effective way to heal the wound.

Wound Care Conditions We Treat

• Acute trauma
• Burns
• Diabetic ulcers
• Drug or disease induced wounds
• Ischemic (arterial) wounds
• Post-surgery wounds
• Pressure injuries
• Radiation injury
• Venous (leg) ulcers
• Any other non-healing wounds anywhere on your body

Wound Care Treatments and Services

Treatment options that may be considered include:

• Compression therapy
• Debridement
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Laboratory evaluation and wound cultures
• Skin substitutes
• Vascular evaluation
• Wound VAC therapy

Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a procedure where you breathe 100 percent pure oxygen while reclining in a pressurized chamber. The high dose of oxygen to the bloodstream and to the wound bed speeds up the healing process, stimulates growth of new blood vessels, and improves circulation.