Melanie Evelsizer's Background
About Carle BroMenn Medical Center
Most wounds heal on their own within two to four weeks. However, sometimes they take longer to heal due to blood-flow problems, infection, poor nutrition or an underlying health condition. These wounds may require specialty care.
Carle wound therapy experts include physicians, infectious disease specialists, a podiatrist and certified wound-care nurses.
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Patient Education - Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as "wound vac", is a wound care treatment in which a foam dressing is placed on an open wound, is covered with a polyurethane drape, and then a vacuum (delivering negative pressure) provides suction and drains fluid to an attached canister.
This topic provides answers to questions frequently asked questions by patients, from how to receive/return a NPWT device, when and how a NPWT is removed, and how to use it.
