Wound Management

Chronic health conditions, including chronic wounds and urinary infections present a significant financial liability and usually are a management challenge for a customer.  These chronic conditions may develop within months of a catastrophic injury or may develop many years after the event.  Most individuals with a major wound are debilitated (sensory, motor or both) to some extent are not able to move body parts frequently enough to prevent pressure sores.  Aging with a disability presents the individual, payer and healthcare providers with a new set of problems and risks that are best managed with a coordinated care management approach.  Chronic wounds usually occur in individuals with a prior spinal cord injury, multiple trauma, burns or brain injuries (in a persistent vegetative state).

Treatment
Treatment includes a coordinated care approach to ensure the wounds heal appropriately and systems are in place to prevent re-occurance.  These include:

• Establish qualified provider to enhance care coordination
• Establish protocols to optimize resource utilization
• Review of proposed treatment plans including surgical intervention
• Evaluation of home and equipment
• Train and educate the individual and all care providers in self care management and prevention
• Establish proper self care techniques
• Establish appropriate body positioning and transferring skills
• Ensure chronic medical conditions are managed and do not negatively impact wound program and prevention

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