Wound Care Boot Camp
Wound Care Boot Camp is intended to provide a strong foundation in the basic tenets of wound care, including physiology, assessment and classification. An introduction to the etiology, diagnosis and management algorithms of the major wound care types is provided. While the content of this course is focused at an introductory level and designed for novice wound care providers, it is also an excellent review for the experienced wound care professionals.
Wound Care Boot Camp was created to meet the needs of an expanding clinical specialty, based on the requests of physicians, nurses and technicians to provide a web based online introductory wound care educational offering. This course will provide introductory background, knowledge and skills to meet the potential knowledge gap of providers working in the field of wound care.
Largest Hyperbaric Unit in Wisconsin
Second largest unit in the U.S. now at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
St. Luke's is the only Wisconsin hospital with a hyperbaric chamber of the size and scope of the one now installed. The second-largest in the nation, the new chamber can accommodate up to 24 patients at one time. It is 52 feet long and weighs 66 tons. It is just three inches shorter than the largest chamber, in use at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
The new chamber has two large main treatment areas, each 10 feet by 20 feet. It can accommodate up to 24 seated patients, or a mix of patients in wheelchairs and beds. The new chamber will allow Aurora St. Luke's to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy to three times as many patients as it can now with its existing two chambers.
Each hyperbaric treatment lasts two hours, so it's important that the chamber be comfortable for patients. The new chamber was designed with input from patients and includes natural lighting, relaxing colors, climate control, entertainment systems and a restroom.
St. Luke's has the only Level I wound care center in Wisconsin, staffed by board-certified hyperbaric and wound care physicians. Only 200 such centers exist in the U.S.
Aurora is the only Wisconsin health system accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. It is one of only 88 accredited nationwide, which places it in the top 10 percent of hyperbaric facilities in the U.S.
Wound-Be-Gone for Accelerated Wound Healing Process
Wound-Be-Gone® promotes wound healing, prevents scab formation, minimizes scar appearance, decreases swelling, redness, itching and discomfort, and prevents wound contamination and irregular pigmentation. Wound-Be-Gone® is also hypoallergenic.
Wound-Be-Gone®, a newly developed topical gel which is being used and tested in the clinical setting to help to speed the healing process, has begun to show some remarkable returns.
Wound-Be-Gone®, which offers an active ingredient that binds the oxygen free radicals that may slow the healing process and increase inflammation, also provides some additional benefits that are proving nearly as important as the quicker healing. The formula, unique among wound care gels, is a revolutionary method of treating minor injuries, as well as chronic and acute wounds, proving to be helpful in lowering both inflammation and pain experienced with such wounds. In addition to those beneficial effects, Wound-Be-Gone® is helping to prevent the formation of scars. By decreasing the tissue inflammation, providing a moist healing environment, and maximizing the body's ability to heal, the formation of scar tissue is being lessened dramatically.