March 21, 2012
The Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center at Jordan Valley Medical Center in West Jordan, Utah, has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). The 4,500-square-foot outpatient medical facility opened in 2010. Learn more about facility accreditation in our UHMS profile and on the UHMS website. [Photo: Jordan Valley Medical Center website]
March 20, 2012
We are pleased to report the Toledo Blade today has made up for overlooking an independent Northwest Ohio treatment center with two multiplace chambers. See our February 24 post, "Sara's Garden: Two Multiplace Hyperbaric Chambers in Northwest Ohio Before UTMC Toledo." In today's story, "Wauseon nonprofit delivers hyperbaric treatment," we learn more about the family origins and impressive
March 19, 2012
Peninsula Wound and Hyperbaric Center at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland, has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). The hospital-based center opened in 2005 and is network-managed by Diversified Clinical Services (DCS). Read the announcement in The Dispatch Ocean City news and on the Peninsula website. Learn more about facility
March 16, 2012
The Wound Healing Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). The outpatient medical facility operates three monoplace hyperbaric chambers and is part of the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. We like this one-minute video from the Spartanburg website. Learn more about facility accreditation in our UHMS profile
March 15, 2012
Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center in Freehold, New Jersey, has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). The outpatient treatment center operates two monoplace hyperbaric chambers and is part of the CentraState Healthcare System. Learn more about facility accreditation in our UHMS profile and on the UHMS website. [Photo: CentraState website]
March 15, 2012
CoxHealth Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care Center in Springfield, Missouri, has earned a three-year Facility Reaccreditation with Distinction from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). In yesterday's news release, program medical director Larry K. Chase, MD, said: I am proud of the staff's commitment to excellence that led to our reaccreditation with distinction by the
March 13, 2012
What better way to get to know your local hyperbaric oxygen treatment center than to watch its medical director speaking directly to you? Here plastic surgeon Dr Craig Reynolds gives viewers a personal introduction to his Wound Care Center at St Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, a suburb of Denver, Colorado. It's a great little video. A Centura Health facility, with wound care managed by
March 12, 2012
Genesis Wound and Hyperbaric Institute in Davenport, Iowa, has published an uplifting patient testimonial worth sharing. It's a story of clinical excellence, yes, but also a reminder of how much emotional and physical endurance chronic wounds and especially diabetic ulcers may require of patient and physician alike. A small abrasion on Jim Keenan's heel developed into an infected wound that
March 08, 2012
Happy World Kidney Day. How does hyperbaric oxygen figure in today's celebration and in the treatment of kidney disease? Scanning our own list of diseases and conditions we go straight to diabetic ulcers. Diabetes and obesity figure prominently in this formidable threat to the public health. We've written here and here about how hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with dialysis helps spare kidneys
March 07, 2012
In postscript to yesterday's plug for the Divers Alert Network (DAN) webinar, we ran across a delightful item in the Phuket Gazette. (Let's be careful with that pronunciation.) It's a refreshingly different answer to the question, What's it like to take a dive in a hyperbaric chamber? Hats off to Isaac Stone Simonelli for this charming slice of life. Bonus: Another keen photo of the "Steel Ball