Center for Wound Healing

About Our Center for Wound Healing

Healing Wounds and Lives  

Lauding a wound healing rate consistently over 95%, the expert medical practitioners at the Center for Wound Healing at Bayshore, an outpatient wound care management program, provide treatment and care that not only heals wounds — it heals lives.  

Dealing with a wound can be personally frustrating, in addition to being restrictive to the performance of daily activities, and can possibly lead to more serious, life-changing health conditions.  

Using the most up-to-date approaches in the science of wound care, these health care professionals — comprised of board-certified surgeons, podiatrists and registered nurses — employ an interdisciplinary case management approach, with the goal of returning patients to an improved quality of life.  

The Healing Plan  
Using a system of thorough diagnostics, customized treatment plans, and regular evaluations of progress, the skilled Bayshore wound care team— the only center of its kind in northern Monmouth County — follows the most comprehensive physician-focused, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines, which are the essential steps to healing.    

• Wound Assessment – Based upon the wound location, a patient is assigned to a physician and an initial evaluation of their wound is conducted, including a complete medical history, review of overall health, and vascular assessment, possibly with non-invasive tests, to provide more comprehensive data.  
  
  
• Healing Program – A personalized plan of action is designed to treat the wound, taking into consideration the blood flow to the wound area, existence of infection, amount of non-viable tissue, and amount of pain being experienced by the patient. Through regular visits to the wound care center, a variety of measures are taken and techniques performed to achieve healing. Wounds are photographed and monitored for progress, with reports issued to the patient's physician.  
  
  
• Partner in Care – A vital part of treatment protocol is active patient participation in the healing process. Between visits, patients are responsible for following instructions on proper home care, dressing changes, and protecting the wound from injury. The wound care "team" — physicians, nurses and patient — come together at Bayshore to heal wounds … and change lives.    

What Is a "Non-Healing" Wound?  
A wound or ulcer that has shown little to no improvement in 4 weeks, or has not properly healed in 8 weeks, is considered a chronic, non-healing wound. Estimates put the number of Americans suffering from chronic wounds at close to 5 million.  

Ask your doctor about visiting the Center for Wound Healing at Bayshore if you have a non-healing wound. Patients may be referred by their physician or can call the Center for Wound Healing directly for an appointment.  

Common Causes of Non-Healing Wounds

• Poor circulation
• Diabetes
• Chronic Edema
• Immobilization
• Chronic Venous Insufficiency
• Surgical wound breakdown
• Traumatic Injury