November 17, 2022 |
The Memorial Hospital of Carbon County is now offering advanced wound care.
MHCC has partnered with Healogics, a Jacksonville, Florida based wound care specialist, to provide a new level of medical treatment to Carbon County residents.
The Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins opened their wound care center on November 1st.
Sonia Klein is the nurse practitioner for the wound clinic. She described what the new program offers.
Pictured above: File photo of MHCC. Photo by Cali O’Hare/Bigfoot 99.
Until they partnered with Healogics, MHCC was working with Fremont Therapy Group. While Fremont provided some wound care, they didn’t have a dedicated medical expert, having to rely on outside doctors to tell them what to do. Operating out of their surgery and pain clinic, the hospital now has an in-house provider with Klein. She is able to create treatment plans. The nurse practitioner explained the benefit of the new system.
Wound care can be a tedious process. Patients typically visit the clinic two or three times a week. The healing process requires a commitment from everybody involved. Klein said her team does a battery of tests to ensure they’re treating the wound in the best way.
Stephanie Hinkle the marketing, communications and foundation director of MHCC, said the wound care clinic in Rawlins is just getting started. If there is a large enough need for their services, wound care could, eventually, be offered at the MHCC clinic in Saratoga.
Hinkle said to call the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County’s surgery and pain clinic to schedule an appointment. She added that patients do not need a doctor’s referral.
Kevin Schroeder, the clinical program director with Healogics and MHCC, added the clinic is open five days a week, including Black Friday.
To schedule an appointment for MHCC’s wound care department, call the surgery and pain clinic at (307) 324-6022.
The Memorial Hospital of Carbon County provides specialized wound care to the entire county.
Schroeder agreed that having the program in the hospital is more convenient. He said patients no longer have to drive to other cities to receive the care they require.
Diabetic ulcers are the most common type of wound Klein and her team have treated. With diabetic patients, Klein said, even something as seemingly insignificant as a blister can be serious.
Klein said patients with compromised healing will often come to the wound care clinic soon after developing a sore or cut. Being proactive can allow them to get out in front of any potential long-term problems. The nurse practitioner talked about what a patient can expect during an appointment.
