Wound Care

Take care of complex, open wounds with specialized treatment at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, part of Montage Health. Your doctors and specially trained nurses will use the latest, best approaches to support healing, reduce infections, and prevent new wounds.

Conditions treated

Wound specialists at Community Hospital can treat many sores, ulcers, and complex wounds, including:

• Chronic (long-lasting or non-healing) wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers
• Surgical incisions that haven’t healed
• Traumatic wounds (sudden injuries)

Expert, multidisciplinary team

Speed up the wound healing process with help from a team that includes doctors and specialists in:

• Diabetes care and education – Teaches you how to manage diabetes and prevent foot wounds
• General surgery – Performs minor wound procedures, such as debridement (removal of dead tissue to allow growth of new, healthy tissue)
• Heart and vascular care – Improves blood and oxygen flow to a wound to help it heal
• Infectious diseases – Diagnoses or treats infected wounds
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery – Restores the look or function of a wounded body part
• Podiatry – Provides care for foot or ankle wounds

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Your care team may recommend hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), a painless, non-invasive treatment that can help your wound heal more quickly. During HBOT, you lie in a see-through chamber while breathing 100 percent oxygen. (Air you breathe in daily life is only 21 percent oxygen.) This strengthens your body’s immune response to fight infections and helps grow new blood vessels, which can lead to new, healthy tissue at the wound.

You’ll need a doctor’s referral to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy is right for you.

Learn more about hyperbaric oxygen therapy