Wound Care
Offered at McLaren Flint
Helping You Heal and Giving You Hope
Wounds can significantly impact your quality of life from limiting your activities to causing you pain.
The McLaren Flint Wound Care Clinic specializes in treating acute and chronic hard-to-heal wounds. Our multidisciplinary team is solely dedicated to treating wounds, including many that have resisted healing after months and even years of traditional treatment. McLaren Flint was the first hospital in the region to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) and the care team only uses proven, advanced treatment techniques to ensure you receive the best options for wound healing.
Meet Our Team
We specialize in treating a variety of wounds including vascular leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, surgical or traumatic wounds, malignant wounds, burns, skin tears, and others. Our team ensures you receive the care that is right for you.
Our multidisciplinary team includes:
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Registered Nurses
- General Surgery
- Podiatry
- Infectious Disease
- Pain Management
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at McLaren Flint has a long history of successfully treating diabetic wounds, complications from radiation therapy, chronic bone infections, non-healing skin grafts or flaps, and crush injuries. Studies have shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases an individual’s ability to heal wounds. The use of HBO in combination with advanced wound care has been proven to heal wounds faster and prevent amputations. It is thoroughly tested, FDA approved, and is a completely safe and painless therapy that has helped thousands of patients heal faster and better than ever before.
Wound Care Therapies
Different types of wounds require different types of treatment. Our team will perform an evaluation of your wound and develop a treatment plan specific to your needs. Your treatment plan may include:
- Debridement
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Pressure Offloading
- Advanced wound care dressings
- Skin substitutes/biological dressings
- Cleaning and bandaging
- Creams or ointments
- Antibiotics
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Total contact casting
Getting The Care You Need
Our therapies are covered by most insurance companies. If you have specific questions, please call us today at 810-342-5500.