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Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing

​​Hyperbaric Medicine blends state-of-the art technology and cutting-edge treatments to help wounds heal safely and as quickly as possible.

Marshfield Clinic Health System offers hyperbaric medicine in Beaver Dam and Marshfield, Wisconsin and Iron Mountain, Michigan.

​​​​​​How hyperbaric medicine works

Hyperbaric treatment uses oxygen as a medicine. Using hyperbaric medicine, a significant difference is created between the amount of oxygen in the blood stream and that found at an injury or infection site. This difference causes new blood vessels to grow into that area and helps fight infections. 

What we treat with hyperbaric medicine

  • Foot ulcers as a result of diabetes
  • Chronic bone infections
  • Late effects of radiation therapy
  • Central retinal artery occlusion
  • Severe anemia
  • Necrotizing soft tissue infections
  • Compromised or failing flaps or grafts
  • Acute loss of blood supply from crush injuries
  • Intracranial abscesses
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Decompression sickness ​


The Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Tissue Repair at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield

The Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Tissue Repair blends state-of-the art technology and cutting-edge treatments to help wounds heal safely and as quickly as possible through inpatient and outpatient care.

What sets us apart:

  • Our Center integrates wound healing, wound surgery and hyperbaric medicine in one facility. This enables the safest and highest level of care in a convenient and comfortable location for patients.
  • We take a proactive approach to wound care, using surgical techniques to close wounds and help them heal faster.
  • A state-of-the-art hyperbaric chamber, which can treat 10 patients at a time. This chamber is one of only a few like it in the United States.
  • We deliver around-the-clock care.
  • We treat critically-ill patients.
  • Pain management options, including nitrous oxide.

Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine

Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine is an outpatient service committed to accurately diagnosing and effectively treating patients who suffer from problem wounds. We provide diagnostic interventions to quickly identify the cause of the problem, and then offer individualized treatment plans following nationally accepted guidelines to effectively treat the healing dysfunction.

As part of our commitment to serving the needs of our community, we offer the area’s first hyperbaric oxygen treatment center to assist in healing especially difficult wounds.

  • Most of our providers and staff are specialists certified by American Board of Wound Management.
  • We follow nationally accepted evidence-based clinical guidelines to effectively treat the healing dysfunction(s).
  • Since 2020, in benchmarking our center against 1200+ other centers we, on average, heal patients 8 days faster.
  • Our team of specialists will review all patients’ healing rates monthly and make adjustments to treatment plans to ensure the greatest healing rate for that patient is achieved.

Wound Healing

Your specially trained wound healing care team works to diagnose, treat and prevent chronic and/or non-healing wounds and associated diseases. Team members include:

  • Vascular surgeons
  • Plastic surgeons
  • Orthopedic surgeons
  • General surgeons
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Physical therapists
  • Orthotics
  • Nutritionists​

Expert care close to you

Our renowned wound care services are available at a variety of locations throughout Marshfield Clinic Health System — providing you with first-class care without having to travel far.

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