Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine

Advanced Wound Care

More than 6.5 million Americans live with chronic, nonhealing wounds—injuries that don’t follow the normal healing process or take longer than three months to heal. These wounds can cause ongoing pain, limit mobility and in some cases lead to serious complications, including the risk of limb amputation.

At Broward Health, our wound care and hyperbaric medicine specialists work closely with you to create a treatment plan tailored to your wound type and your lifestyle. Our goal is to promote healing, reduce discomfort and restore your quality of life.

Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Wounds

If you have a wound that hasn’t healed after three months, or hasn’t returned to full function, it may be chronic. Other warning signs include:

Bluish or dark edges around the wound
Ongoing inflammation or spreading redness
Drainage or leaking fluid
Pain that continues or gets worse
An unpleasant odor

If you notice any of these symptoms, contact your doctor right away. Starting treatment early gives you the best chance for healing and recovery.

Conditions We Treat

Broward Health’s multidisciplinary wound care team takes a personalized approach to help heal even the most difficult wounds. We treat a wide range of conditions, including:

Arterial ulcers
Burns
Diabetic ulcers
Non-healing post-surgical wounds
Pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Radiation-related injuries
Traumatic wounds
Venous ulcers

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a treatment that helps the body heal from certain types of wounds and conditions. During therapy, you relax inside a pressurized chamber and breathe pure oxygen. This extra oxygen allows your blood to carry more healing power to injured tissues. It can speed up wound healing, improve circulation, fight infection and encourage the growth of new blood vessels.

When Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Is Used

At Broward Health, our specialists use HBOT to support healing in patients with:

Chronic bone infections
Diabetic foot and lower-limb wounds
Radiation damage to soft tissue and bone
Skin grafts and flaps (both preparation and preservation)

Most patients need a series of treatments—usually 30 to 40 sessions, each lasting about two hours. At Broward Health, we use large Sechrist hyperbaric chambers equipped with televisions, so you can stay comfortable and even watch a show during your session.

Other Treatment Options for Wound Care

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy isn’t the best option for everyone. That’s why Broward Health’s wound care team also offers a variety of other treatments to support healing, including:

Diabetic education
Laboratory testing and evaluations
Nuclear medicine imaging
Nutritional support and management
Orthopedic services
Pain management

Once your treatment plan begins, you’ll have regular visits to one of our Wound Care and Hyperbaric Centers so we can carefully track your healing progress. Our team will also teach you how to care for your wound at home between appointments, helping protect it from further injury and encouraging faster recovery.

Ostomy Services

An ostomy is a surgical operation that helps the body remove waste. Ostomy care focuses on keeping the surgical opening (stoma) and surrounding skin clean, ensuring the pouch system is secure to prevent leaks and learning to empty or change the pouch regularly to maintain skin health.

At Broward Health Imperial Point, our experienced wound and ostomy staff can provide comprehensive care focused on education, skin complication management and long-term ostomy care and success. Ostomy services offered include: