INTRODUCING

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It's another FIRST! Integrated Health Services of Amarillo announces the opening of the only Curative Wound Care Center© in the West Texas Region. In fact, there are only 100 centers like it in the whole United States, the closest located in Dallas.

The Wound Care Center^© of West Texas was created for a single purpose:

The wound Care Center^© of West Texas is a comprehensive outpatient wound management program that offers extensive treatment protocols and a variety of therapies. Our programs include skilled physicians, nurses and technicians, trained specifically in the care and treatment of non-healing wounds. Every patient is given the assistance needed to participate in their own care with a program tailored to meet individual needs. We also provide the patients own personal physician with information during the course of treatment.

When the patient first arrives, a complete evaluation is performed which may include non-invasive vascular studies. Actual treatment may involve one or more of the following as medically indicated:

Debridement Revascularization	Skin grafting Infection control	Growth factor therapy Compression therapy
Patients most frequently present with one of these types of ulcers:
Diabetic Ischemic	Pressure Venous stasis	Collagen vascular disease Other wounds that resist healing

Dennis Moses MSA, BSN, RNC Program Director		The Wound Care Center© of West Texas at IHS of Amarillo will provide additional information as to when these types of ulcers meet criteria for referral. If you would like more information, to discuss a particular case or to schedule an inservice, please call. (806) 351-3801.