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3500 HealthPlex Parkway, Suite 102 Norman, OK 73072
3500 HealthPlex Parkway, Suite 102 Norman, OK 73072
For those who suffer with chronic or non-healing wounds, help is as close as the Norman Regional Oklahoma Wound Center. We are the largest wound care program in the Oklahoma City metro area. Our team includes board-certified physicians, experienced wound care nurses, and certified hyperbaric specialists. Our comprehensive treatment helps heal wounds that range from simple to complex.
The Oklahoma Wound Center is dedicated to the support and treatment of patients with chronic, non-healing wounds.
The doctors and staff at the Oklahoma Wound Center will provide you with special treatment plans. The plans will help heal your wound as quickly as possible. You may need tests that will tell us more about your wound. You will also be taught how you can prevent new wounds.
This treatment involves the patient breathing 100% oxygen in a pressurized chamber. The increased oxygen in the blood leads to more oxygen in the wound, which leads to increased healing.
It is not painful. Patients lie in the chamber and may watch television or movies, communicate with staff, drink water or even nap during the treatment. With four individualized Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chambers, the Oklahoma Wound Center is able to provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for up to four patients at one time.
Norman Regional's Oklahoma Wound Center has certified Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy technicians.
Our technicians administer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to patients as prescribed by a hyperbaric physician. In addition to passing a strenuous exam, our certified technicians have completed a 40-hour introductory hyperbaric medicine course, a minimum of 500 hours of clinical hyperbaric training, as well as verified and endorsed core competencies in Hyperbaric Therapy.
Norman Regional Health System is dedicated to decreasing amputations and improving healing for diabetic ulcers. We are waging a war on these wounds with our comprehensive Diabetic Limb Salvage (DLS) Program. It is the first of its kind in the state of Oklahoma. This premier program and multispecialty team was developed to address the needs of this special patient group in a timely manner and coordinate care for the best outcomes. This team is our patient’s biggest ally in the battle for recovery.
Norman Regional has processes in place to look for patients with diabetic ulcers that could benefit from the DLS Program. If you or a family member has a diabetic foot ulcer, please speak with your family or general physician about a referral to the Oklahoma Wound Center or DLS program.
Diabetic wounds have the potential to get worse quickly. A small sore on the foot or leg could easily end in amputation without the proper care. At Norman Regional, we take every diabetic wound seriously.
Norman Regional’s DLS Program is a comprehensive approach to improved healing of diabetic ulcers and decreased amputation rates. This program encompasses inpatient and outpatient services and involves multiple specialists working as a team to address the many needs of the diabetic patient. The specialties who work with our patients include:
Karen Ritchie, RN, DLS nurse navigator, coordinates the inpatient program to ensure the patient and his or her family understands the treatment plan.