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If you have just gone through surgery or have been suffering from any kind of acute or chronic wounds, your wound care surgeon might recommend you a wound vac therapy to heal the wound efficiently. But what is it? And how does it help treat patients? Read on to know.<br><br>Read more: https://woundcaresurgeon.weebly.com/blog/how-wound-vac-treatment-heals-chronic-wounds
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How Wound Vac Treatment Heals Chronic Wounds? If you have just gone through surgery or have been suffering from any kind of acute or chronic wounds, your wound care surgeon might recommend you a wound vac therapy to heal the wound efficiently. But what is it? And how does it help treat patients? Read on to know. What is wound vac therapy? Also known as Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT), or vacuum-assisted closure therapy, a wound vac treatment is a method of treating the wounds using a special dressing connected to a battery-powered vacuum (suction) pump that sucks all the fluids and infections from the wound accelerate its healing speed. What happens during the wound vac procedure? During the wound vac treatment, the healthcare professionals apply a special bandage on the wound site which has an attached pump. It creates negative pressure on the open wound and pulls the edges of the wound together. Here, negative pressure means the patient experiences lower pressure over the wound than the pressure in the atmosphere. Before performing the therapy, the wound should be properly cleaned and dried.
Advantages of using a wound vac If any patient has a chronic or non-healing wound that takes a longer time to heal with traditional medical treatment, he/she must contact Wound care treatment California. The professional team of nurses, doctors & physicians visit the patient’s location & determine the type of treatment needed to heal a particular wound. The main concern of recommending a wound vac therapy is to increase the blood flow to the affected area so that the wound can heal quickly. Besides this increase in blood flow, the treatment has many other benefits such as: ● Reduces no. of days at the hospitals -The very first & foremost benefit of availing of a wound vac treatment is that the patients are no more required to visit the hospitals multiple times. Their back & forth trips to healthcare centers can be reduced, further saving time, effort & money. Plus, the patient tends to recover quickly due to continual rest at home. ● Removes excess fluid & bacteria -The build-up of extra fluid or Edema is common after surgery but if not treated on time, it can lead to swelling and increase the risks of infection delaying healing. A suction pump slowly drains out all the extra fluid from the body and decreases the chances of infection.
● Growth of repair tissues - An increased blood flow helps the development of repair tissues to the wound that destroy bacteria and dead cells. They deliver oxygen & other nutrients to the affected site and increase the wound healing process. ● Keeps the wound still -A negative pressure wound vac therapy helps close the wound by pulling the edges together. It stabilizes the wound and prevents any injury to the wound. Patients with traumatic and surgical wounds, diabetic ulcers, burns, or bedsores should schedule a bedside appointment with a wound care specialist. The recommended length of a wound vac treatment takes changing the dressing every 48 to 72 hours or at least three times a week.
