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Wound Care

 
 

Conditions We Treat

Kindred Hospitals provides specialized acute care and rehabilitation for patients with complex wounds.

Common conditions treated at Kindred include, but are not limited to:  

  • Abscess with drainage
  • Amputation wounds
  • Post-operative wound complications
  • Decubitus ulcers
  • Neuropathic/diabetic ulcers
  • Burns or skin condition 15% or more of BSA
  • Necrotic wounds
  • Fornier’s gangrene
  • Multiple wounds requiring complex wound care that prevent the patient from moving to lower level of care
 
 

Care Close to Home

Kindred Hospitals is proud to offer specialized long-term acute care in 60 locations across 16 states. 

 
 
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Our Expert Care

Our interdisciplinary care teams and innovative programs help complex wound patients heal.

Wound patients at Kindred may receive care from:

  • Certified advanced wound care coordinators
  • Physical and occupational therapists
  • Pharmacists

Other care features include:

  • Daily physician visits
  • Standardized wound care protocols:
    • Immediate wound care assessment upon admission
    • Robust turning and repositioning programs
    • Multi-treatment options for chronic and acute wounds
    • Regular screening for sepsis development
    • Routine assessment for appropriate therapeutic surfaces
    • Replacement schedule for therapeutic surfaces
  • On-site lab and pharmacy
  • Move Early program of early mobilization
 
 

Available treatments may include, but are not limited to:

  • On-site debridement
  • Negative pressure wound therapy
  • Access to hyperbaric O2 treatments
  • Pulse lavage
  • IV antibiotics
  • Vacuum assisted wound closure
 
 
 

 

Our Commitment to Excellence

Demonstrating our commitment to providing safe, high-quality patient care, all Kindred Hospitals have achieved at least one disease-specific care certification from The Joint Commission. This is includes most of our hospitals being certified in the care of respiratory failure and sepsis. Certification ensures a standardized, evidence-based approach to care and to performance measurement and improvement.

 
 

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