Wound Care in Port Charlotte, FL | HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

Wound care center in Charlotte County, Florida

For some people, wounds heal easily and naturally. For other people, wounds can become chronic, causing discomfort and disrupting daily activities.

That's why we're here to help. Since 1994, the wound care experts at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital have been treating and healing chronic, nonhealing wounds in Port Charlotte, Florida.

At our Wound Management & Hyperbaric Medicine Center, we provide a multidisciplinary approach to wound management. Our whole team is dedicated to properly healing your wound and educating you on wound management and prevention. Working together, our goal is to restore your quality of life.

Types of wounds and conditions we treat

We treat various types of wounds and conditions, including:

Arterial ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers
Ischemic ulcers
Neuropathic ulcers
Pressure ulcers

Traumatic wounds
Vasculitis
Venous insufficiency
Venous stasis ulcers

Our wound management services

Our team provides evaluations, education, ongoing assessments and comprehensive treatments. Some of our treatments include:

Application of cellular and tissue-based products
Compression therapy
Debridement
Hyperbaric medicine
Noninvasive vascular studies
Specialty wound dressings
Wound therapy

Please note if you need emergency care for a wound, you may come to our hospital's 24/7 emergency room (ER) for treatment.

High-quality wound management and diagnostics

To help your wound heal, we assess all possible obstacles you may face. Once we identify those obstacles, we develop an individualized care plan to promote complete healing.

Factors that can lead to chronic, nonhealing wounds include:

Chronic bone infection
Complication of radiated tissue damage
Diabetes
Impaired circulation

Determining if any of the above factors are contributing to a chronic wound allows us to effectively treat the underlying problem, as well as the wound itself.

Hyperbaric medicine

To expedite the wound healing process, we offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). HBOT involves breathing 100 percent oxygen in a sealed hyperbaric chamber.

The chamber's oxygen concentration is five times higher than the normal air we breathe, which increases the oxygen saturation in your bloodstream. This increased oxygen in your body promotes healing and tissue growth at the wound site.

Conditions we treat with hyperbaric medicine

HBOT has been proven effective at treating the following conditions:

Chronic refractory osteomyelitis
Diabetic ulcers
Osteoradionecrosis
Soft tissue radionecrosis

Coming to our wound care center

The Wound Management & Hyperbaric Medicine Center is located in the Promenades Shopping Center, close to Harbor Boulevard.

Our address is:

3280 Tamiami Trail, Suite 491
Port Charlotte, FL 33952

Your first wound treatment visit

Your first visit will involve obtaining a detailed health and wound history. First appointments usually last two hours.

You will be asked to complete the necessary paperwork, and a photo will be taken of you for your protection at our facility.

Once in the exam room, your nurse will do the following:

Assess your vital signs
Review your health history and medications
Go over expectations of treatment and your role in care
Measure and photograph the wound
Prepare the wound for the wound care specialist

Next, your wound care specialist will treat your wound and discuss their treatment recommendations. If necessary, they may recommend additional tests, such as vascular testing, imaging exams or lab work. Then, your nurse will review your care plan and educate you on the instructions for treatment.

Finally, you will receive a card with your wound specialist's information and details about your next appointments. Most of our patients have weekly appointments.