Many people know smoking can cause lung cancer and heart disease, but did you know smoking can affect wound healing? Cigarette smoke is filled with harmful chemicals including nicotine, hydrogen cyanide, and carbon monoxide that affects wound health in many ways. Whether you suffer from...
During the month of November, Mendota Health is celebrating the home care, hospice, and palliative care community. We are grateful for the nurses, home care aides, therapists, and social workers who make an incredible difference for patients and families they serve. We work closely with these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70VS5-eK4 Transcript: Chronic wounds are an epidemic. I think you'd be surprised to learn that almost 10 million Americans suffer from chronic non-healing wounds and they're often very painful. These open, draining sores- ulcers in the bottom of your feet that put you at risk for amputation...
Here are 8 things to know about basic wound first aid Wounds can happen anytime and anywhere. That's why it is important to be prepared and equipped with the knowledge of how to provide wound care at home or when to seek professional help if necessary....
It is widely known that nutrition is an important component of wound healing. People with chronic wounds are more likely to have nutrient deficiencies than those without chronic wounds. The wound healing process requires a great deal of energy and nutrients to carry out many...
NEW SURVEY FINDS A 26 DAY WAIT TIME FOR A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT Experts agree that increase in severe infections, hospital admissions, and amputations are all predicted results from delayed preventative and emergent wound care during the COVID-19 pandemic 1. And chronic wounds have a real economic...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqdNf8JkX18 Video Transcript: "My vision for Mendota health is to stay on the cutting edge of advanced wound care. And how are we going to do that? Well, first of all, we have tremendous nurse practitioners who are specifically trained in the specialty of wound care. And...
By Maureen Vantine, MSN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC Chief Nursing Officer and Co-Founder at Mendota Health “Grandma!” Grace sobbed, “I fell off my bike and I’m bleeding!”. Sharon ran to her granddaughter to take a look at the injury. Grace had suffered a minor scratch that would heal easily...
https://youtu.be/JxPhd_GWCjY Video Transcript "Hello, I'm doctor Thomas Serena and I'm the new medical director of Mendota health. Now Mendota health is a mobile wound care company that's revolutionizing the space. We are delivering advanced wound care in the home setting so we're taking wound care, advanced wound...
"This is what being a nurse practitioner should be."...