CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA WOUND CARE AND HYPERBARIC CENTER SHOWCASE PROGRAM TO COMMUNITY
(San Antonio, TX – January 15, 2010) CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center and Wound Care Specialists of America recently invited the community to an open house. The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Centers are located at both CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - City Centre and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center campuses. The Centers provide specialized wound care Monday through Friday for a variety of diagnoses including diabetic foot, venous insufficiency, chronic wounds, non-healing wounds, and failing surgical wounds. Each location has its own Medical Director, Timothy Hursh, MD, at City Centre and Adrianne P. Smith, MD, at Medical Center.
“Some patients require additional Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. The patient breathes 100 percent oxygen intermittently while the pressure of the treatment chamber is increased,” stated Lena Soto, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center Director. Each location has four single chambers to treat necrotizing fasciitis, decompression sickness (bends), gas gangrene, central retinal artery occlusion, osteoradionecrosis, osteomyelitis, radionecrosis, compromised skin flaps/grafts, burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, crush injury/compartment syndrome, exceptional blood loss (anemia), delayed radiation injury with tissue necrosis, and intracranial abscess.”
Providers who have patients requiring specialized wound treatment can refer patients to either location. Patients may also self-refer. Patients come for an evaluation and a plan of care is developed. Based on the plan, the patient is scheduled for wound care and/or hyperparic therapy. When patients have wounds and ulcers which do not repond to conventional therapy, providers can find the expertise required for wound restoration at two CHRISTUS Santa Rosa campuses.
A wound care team is available to care for each patient’s different situation. For more information, providers or patients can call the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at City Centre, 210.704.4300 or Medical Center, 210.705.5030.
About CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System:
Founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is a Catholic faith-based, non-profit health and wellness ministry dedicated to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and providing the highest quality medical care and services available. As one of the top health care organizations in South Texas, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has four hospital campuses, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital City Centre located in downtown San Antonio, in the South Texas Medical Center, in New Braunfels, and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, San Antonio’s first children’s hospital, an academic teaching facility affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In July 2009, we extended our ministry to the fast-growing Westover Hills community with the opening of the area’s first full-service hospital. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System also owns a majority interest in CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Centers – San Antonio, LLC, a joint venture physician partnership which is comprised of four outpatient surgery facilities in San Antonio including Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, and in the Medical Center area. Additionally, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System owns a majority interest in the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center in New Braunfels joint venture physician partnership. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is one of only two hospitals in Texas and the only one in San Antonio to receive the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ six years in a row and to be named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®. It is also the preferred health system of the San Antonio SPURS. For additional information on CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, visit www.christussantarosa.org