Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital - Glendale, CA

About Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital

Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital is a medical center that offers many services, including arterial wounds, outpatient wound care, and pressure wounds. Visit Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital located at 1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA. This Glendale medical center is one of the best in California. As part of the Dignity Health network, Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital is dedicated to delivering high quality, compassionate care and access to Glendale and nearby communities.

Services We Offer

• Advanced Dressings
• Bio-Engineered Skin Substitutes
• Limb Salvage
• Provide Support and Relief to Caregivers
• Outpatient Wound Care

Advanced Dressings

Advanced wound care products are designed to treat more complex wounds and usually require a doctor's order. This includes hydrogels, hydrocolloids, alginates, and film and foam dressings.

Bio-Engineered Skin Substitutes

Bio-engineered skin and soft tissue substitutes may be derived from human tissue, nonhuman tissue, synthetic materials, or a composite of these materials.

Limb Salvage

Limb salvage is a surgical procedure that is designed to replaced diseased or damaged bone and reconstruct a person's limb. The replacement of the diseased or damaged section of bone can be done using a metal implant, a bone graft from a donor, or a combination of the two.

Provide Support and Relief to Caregivers

Providing support and relief to caregivers is important when it comes to the health and wellbeing of the caregivers and the patient. This support can come from in-home supplemental care that allows caregivers to have a few hours a week away to take care of themselves and run personal errands.

Outpatient Wound Care

Outpatient wound care make it possible for people to access daily wound care after they are discharged from the hospital. Outpatient wound care can be offered by a clinic located in the hospital or a separate facility.

Conditions We Treat

• Arterial Wounds
• Diabetes Wounds
• Pressure Wounds
• Trauma
• Venous Wounds

Arterial Wounds

Arterial ulcers, also referred to as ischemic ulcers, are caused by poor perfusion (delivery of nutrient-rich blood) to the lower extremities.

Diabetes Wounds

Diabetic wounds usually consist of a diabetic foot ulcer, which is an open sore or wound that occurs in approximately 15 percent of patients with diabetes and is commonly located on the bottom of the foot.

Pressure Wounds

Pressure wounds are injuries that develop on skin and underlying tissue that are under constant pressure. This includes bedsores that develop on the bony areas of the body of people who are bedridden and unable to change their position.

Trauma

Trauma is a term that describes the emotional or psychological response to a horrifying event, such as sexual assault, a motor vehicle accident, or war. The term is also used to describe the physical damage to the body when it has suffered severe injury.

Venous Wounds

Venous wounds are wounds on the leg or ankle caused by abnormal or damaged veins. Treatments may include leg elevation, compression, wound care, and sometimes surgery.