The PODdoctors: Modern Wound Care
In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, speaks with Toni Rodriguez on wound care centers. Toni has worked with wound care centers since 1996. She discusses with Dr. Dauphinee the type of services wound care centers offer and how a team of specialists work together. She also talks about how she is helping with developing a wound care program in Argyle that is projected to open this summer.
“We are actually a minor emergency, physician specialty center. Kind of a three in one.” - Toni Rodriguez [13:23]
Top Takeaways:
- What are wound care centers and why they’re important
- The services they offer
- Toni’s work with wound care centers
- Why it’s helpful to have different specialists involved in wound care
What You Will Learn:
- [00:40] Intro
- [01:37] Toni’s work with wound care programs
- [06:55] What wound care centers offers
- [12:42] Why it’s helpful to have different specialists involved in wound care
- [18:45] What is a valid, viable level of an amputation
- [19:28] What is debridement
- [20:23] An interesting aspect of wound care
- [23:48] What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- [31:28] Why Argyle is a good place to open a wound care system
Resources:
Visit our website: https://thepoddoctors.com/Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee
