Wound Healing Center
J.C. Blair's Wound Healing staff offers a multidisciplinary approach to wound management. Our specially trained physicians, nurses and therapists work together to design innovative treatment programs specifically for your needs.
If you have a wound that has not healed, consider seeking help from the Wound Healing Center at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds. Our staff is committed to identifying the specific causes of these conditions and initiating a treatment plan that is designed specifically for your needs.
Staff Physicians: Molly Ettenger, M.D., Medical Director
James Schall
, M.D.
Albert Tuono, D.O.
The methods used by the Center have been successful in healing wounds that others thought hopeless, including many that might have required amputation.
In this Outpatient Clinic, located right on the ground floor of J.C. Blair Hospital, patients receive state-of-the-art, customized treatment of wounds that have resisted healing despite months, or even years of conventional treatment.
You may be in need of specialized wound care or hyperbaric oxygen therapy if you suffer from any of the following conditions:
- Any wound which has failed to show signs of healing for more than 30 days
- Any wound which has not responded to previous treatments or therapies
- Post-operative infections
- Slow or non-healing surgical wounds
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Lower leg ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Chronic Bone infection (osteomyelitis)
- Gangrene
- Crush Injuries, Compartment Syndrome & other traumatic ischemias
- Skin Tears or lacerations
- Radiation and other burns
- Failing or compromised skin/muscle grafts or flaps
- Insect or dog bites
- Frostbite
- Decompression sickness
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Lymphedema
Wound Healing Treatments:
J.C. Blair's Wound Healing Center offers a variety of specialized treatments, including:
- Doppler Evaluation of Pulses: Determines blood flow available to transport nutrients and medications to the wound.
- Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring (TcP02): Determines the level of oxygenation available to the wound to promote healing.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO2T): In this treatment, the patient breathes 100% oxygen at increased atmospheric pressures. This increases the oxygen levels in body tissues to aid in the promotion of healing and the fighting of infection.
- Wound Debridement: An outpatient procedure that enhances the growth of healthy tissues in the wound
- Wound Dressings: Each wound care product is chosen based on the needs of the patient. The proper dressing promotes the correct environment the body requires to heal.
We invite you to call
J.C. Blair's Wound Healing Center
(814) 643-8367 or email Lori J. Grove, RN, Clinical Director
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A member of National Healing Corporation
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