Wound care
Wound care involves medical interventions to heal a wound after injury. Specialized treatment is provided for wounds that are nonhealing or refuse to heal on their own. A vital aspect of treatment includes learning how to properly dress and care for a wound.
Burn and Reconstruction Center at Chippenham Hospital
Living with wounds and burns can affect your daily life, but our team helps you find relief.
The Burn and Reconstruction Center at Chippenham Hospital provides advanced treatment for burns, as well as slow- and nonhealing wounds. Working together, you and your team will develop a comprehensive wound treatment plan just for you.
Diabetic limb salvage
Our limb-saving care program is designed for patients with current symptoms or those looking to prevent future wounds. Our multispecialty team helps restore limb function and maintain a healthy lifestyle. To learn more, contact our nurse navigator.
Our limb-saving care program is designed for patients with current symptoms or those looking to prevent future wounds. Our multispecialty team helps restore limb function and maintain a healthy lifestyle. To learn more, contact our nurse navigator.
Types of wounds we treat
Our burn and wound doctors treat a wide range of chronic, recurrent, nonhealing and acute wounds, as well as skin and soft tissue disorders, including:
- Abscesses
- Crush injuries
- Diabetic ulcers
- Diabetic wounds
- Fournier’s gangrene
- Hidradenitis
- Lacerations
- Mohs reconstruction
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Necrotizing soft tissue disease
- Peripheral vascular wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Ritter disease
- Skin sloughing disorders
- Skin tears
- Slow or nonhealing surgical wounds
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
- Traumatic wounds
- Venous stasis wounds
Wound care treatments and services
Our wound specialists are highly trained in a variety of advanced wound treatments. They are ready to treat your condition with skill and compassion.
Burn treatment
As a Level I Trauma Center, we are equipped and staffed 24/7 to treat your most severe burn injuries, which are considered traumatic wounds. Our burn care is provided by a multidisciplinary team, including burn surgeons, physical therapists, occupational therapists, plastic surgeons and other medical professionals.
Where to go for burn injuries
Always go directly to the emergency room (ER) if you require immediate care for a burn. However, if the burn you sustain doesn't require urgent treatment, we offer outpatient burn treatment, scar management, compression therapy and functional assessments.
Hyperbaric medicine
Our hospital offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), an advanced treatment option available to help heal your wounds. HBOT is typically performed as an outpatient treatment and involves breathing pure oxygen in a sealed, pressurized environment (hyperbaric chamber). This sends much-needed oxygen to the wound to reduce swelling and regrow healthy tissue.
HBOT is also used for compromised skin flaps, as well as post-radiation care in the breast, head and neck. It is also often used as a treatment for injuries or complications related to scuba diving.