Primghar, Iowa — At any given time, nearly 6-million people in America suffer from problem wounds. Now, a northwest Iowa hospital has added a Wound Care Center to care specifically for those in our area with problem wounds.
Amanda Rausch is a Nurse Practitioner working in the Wound Care Center at Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital in Primghar. She tells us about the purpose of the new Wound Center.
We asked Rausch what sets the new Wound Care Center apart from wound treatment at other area facilities.
She tells us about the benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
Rausch stressed that the Wound Center isn’t just effective in the treatment of diabetes-related wounds, but for a wide variety of problem wounds.
She says patients may be referred to the Wound Care Center at Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital by a physician, health-care professional, or by self-referral. For more information you can call 712-957-5575.
