At Physician Residential Wound Care Specialists, we offer the highest quality care with wound care experts and resources you can’t find anywhere else. Our skilled and experienced team is fully equipped with the latest knowledge and tools, enabling us to provide excellent treatment for all your needs.
Pressure Ulcers (Bed Sores)
Pressure ulcers, more commonly known as bed sores, are lesions that occur in areas of the body that have experienced prolonged periods of contact or pressure between soft tissue and bony prominences. Left untreated, pressure ulcers can become life-threatening.
Traumatic Wounds
A traumatic wound is a sudden, unplanned injury that can range from minor, such as a skinned knee, to severe. Traumatic wounds include abrasions, lacerations, skin tears, bites, burns, and penetrating trauma wounds.
Lower Extremity Ulcers
A lower extremity ulcer is a full thickness skin loss on the leg or foot due to any cause. They usually occur in association with a range of disease processes, most commonly with arterial, vascular or neuropathic diseases. They may be acute or chronic. An acute ulcer is expected to show signs of healing in less than four weeks and includes traumatic and postoperative wounds. A chronic ulcer persists for longer than 4 weeks and often has complex and poorly understood origins.
Venous Stasis Ulcers
A venous stasis ulcer occurs when problems in the veins of the lower leg prevent blood from being effectively pumped back to the heart. The blood pools in the lower leg, causing swelling, tissue damage and eventually, an open-sore wound. The condition may be a result of valve dysfunction, blockage, backward blood flow or failure of the calf muscles to pump.
Arterial Ulcers
Arterial ulcers are wounds that develop as a result of decreased circulation. They usually occur on the tips of toes (or between toes), on heels or the outer ankle region. Occasionally, they may be present on other parts of the body.
Chronic Wounds
Chronic wounds are those that do not progress through a normal, orderly, and timely sequence of repair. They are common and are often incorrectly treated. The morbidity and associated costs of chronic wounds highlight the need to implement wound prevention and treatment guidelines.
Surgical Wounds
Surgical wounds can be classified into one of four categories. These categories depend on how contaminated or clean the wound is, the risk of infection, and where the wound is located on the body.
Edema
Edema is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. Although edema can affect any part of your body, you may notice it more in your hands, arms, feet, ankles and legs.
Diabetic Wounds/Ulcers or Neuropathic Ulcers
Arterial ulcers are wounds that develop as a result of decreased circulation. They usually occur on the tips of toes (or between toes), on heels or the outer ankle region. Occasionally, they may be present on other parts of the body.
Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by bacteria or fungi. It causes painful swelling of bone marrow, the soft tissue inside your bones. Without treatment, swelling from this bone infection can cut off blood supply to your bone, causing bone to die.
Burns
Burns are a type of injury caused by injury to the skin from excessive heat or another injury. The heat can be the result of thermal, electrical, chemical, or electromagnetic energy. Most burn accidents happen at home. About 75% of all burn injuries in children are preventable.
Wounds
When nutrient-rich blood can't flow into extremities, skin and underlying tissues become so deprived of oxygen that they start to deteriorate into open wounds.
