FOR RELEASE
October 14, 2011
One-Ton Oxygen Chamber To Be Delivered To Catawba Valley Center for Wound
Healing and Hyperbarics at Catawba Valley Medical Center
HICKORY, NC –A hyperbaric oxygen chamber will be delivered to the
Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics, 1501 Tate Medical
Commons, Suite 105, on Monday, October 17 at 8a.m. The chamber weights
1,992 pounds and is approximately 9 feet high, 4 feet long and 5 feet
high. The hyperbaric chamber will be used to treat patients suffering
from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, compromised skin grafts
and flaps, and wounds that haven’t healed within 30 days.
Media are invited to shoot, film and interview. Press should meet at the
lower entrance. Richard Taylor, Program Director, will be available for
interviews about the use of the chamber. Visuals will include the one-ton
chamber offloaded and wheeled into the new Catawba Valley Center for Wound
Healing and Hyperbarics at Catawba Valley Medical Center.
Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics, a National Healing
managed Wound Healing Center, is scheduled to open in November to meet
a growing need in the community. Chronic wound patients are often the
elderly, who are susceptible to vascular disease, diabetes and pressure
ulcers. In addition to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Catawba Valley Center
for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics will offer highly specialized treatments,
including negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes,
biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.
About Catawba Valley Medical Center
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s largest
not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community without
direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving
as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive medicine
and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized for providing “An
Outstanding Inpatient Experience” for a fourth consecutive year
by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.