Wound Care Center
Beaufort
Memorial Wound Care Center is a hospital-based outpatient
service located in Suite 220 in the Beaufort Medical Plaza
(next to the hospital). Patients can self-refer to the center
or be referred by a physician. For more information about
wound care at Beaufort Memorial, call (843)
522-5300.
About the Center
Beaufort Memorial Wound Care Center includes four exam rooms, plus a suite with two large, clear acrylic hyperbaric oxygen chambers, each with its own TV/VCR and CD player for patients to watch movies or listen to music during treatment. The completely transparent chambers allow patients to see and be seen.
Who Needs Wound Care?
A surprising number of people require wound care at
some point in their lives. A minimum of 15% of patients with
diabetes will have a chronic, non-healing wound during their
lifetimes. Individuals without diabetes may also experience
a non-healing wound for other reasons, such as radiation
therapy, trauma, or due to other medical conditions. BMH’s
wound management model involves treatment for a wide variety
of wounds, including:
- Bone necrosis
- Brown recluse spider bites
- Burns
- Chronic non-healing wounds
- Compromised skin grafts and flaps
- Crush injuries
- Decubitus ulcers (pressure sores or bedsores)
- Diabetic foot and leg ulcers
- Diabetic wounds
- Gangrene
- Ischemic wounds (wounds with no blood supply)
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Ostomy-related skin problems and wounds
- Peripheral vascular disease and circulatory-related wounds
- Radionecrosis (tissue damage due to radiation therapy)
- Refractory osteomyelitis (recurrent bone infection)
- Soft tissue necrosis (death of muscle or skin tissue)
- Traumatic wounds
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