Vital Link | spring 2008

New Center Devoted to
Healing Wounds

Caldwell Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of The Center for Wound Treatment. The center features a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, physical therapy clinicians, and nurses. Our team can treat acute and chronic wounds— and their underlying problems—through the use of reliable and advanced treatment methods.

We Treat a Wide Range of Wounds

The Center for Wound Treatment can help many conditions, including:
  • Vascular wounds
  • Diabetic wounds
  • Pressure ulcers
  • Traumatic and surgical wounds
  • Burns
  • Infected wounds
  • Chronic wounds
Ancillary services of lymphedema treatment and diabetes health management also are available.

Comprehensive Care to Help You Heal

The Center for Wound Treatment offers comprehensive wound management and addresses underlying health issues. Our staff can teach patients and their families about the wound healing process. The center schedules treatment visits as appropriate and provides referring physicians with progress reports.

If you or someone you know is suffering from wounds, check out all that The Center for Wound Treatment has to offer:

  • Thorough wound assessment and measurement
  • Digital imaging
  • Surgical consultation
  • Advanced dressings for wounds, including V.A.C.
  • Therapy
  • Sharp, or surgical, debridement, which removes damaged tissue to promote healing
  • Pulsed Lavage or Jet-ox for nonsurgical debridement
  • Whirlpools
  • Ultraviolet treatment
  • Four-layer compression wraps
  • Unna Boot compression wraps
  • Blood glucose monitoring and vital sign assessment

quick tip

The Center for Wound Treatment is located within The Quest4Life Wellness Center at Lenoir Mall. All appointments at The Center for Wound Treatment are physician referred. Physicians may refer a patient by calling 828-757-6257. If you are in need of a personal physician, call the Caldwell Physician Referral Line at 828-757-5571.