DEPARTMENTS

Laboratory
Wound care unit
Limphedema Treatment Unit
Orthomedics Unit
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Unit
Clinics
Rehabilitation unit
Vascular duplex ultrasound unit
Echocardiography unit
Emergency Unit
Kideny Dialysis Unit
X-ray and Duplex Unit
Pharmacy
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

A Joint Commission Center of Excellence in Wound Care, the Centre provides the highest quality of comprehensive wound management through an interdisciplinary team approach. Our highly diverse team consists of vascular surgeons, plastic surgeons, general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, diabetologists, infectious disease specialists, podiatrists, and hyperbaric medicine specialists. The clinic is supported by a team of highly trained registered nurses specializing in the management of acute and chronic wounds, licensed nurses, hyperbaric technicians and medical assistants.

Vision statement:
To improve wound care patient's quality of life through optimal treatment, prevention, advocacy and education to decrease the incidence of sequelae including major amputations and dysfunctions

Mission Statement:
The mission of AVC Wound care & Hyperbaric Center and its medical staff is to provide the highest quality of care in a comprehensive, innovative and cost- effective manner, with attention to respect, dignity, compassion, and patient safety.

Values:
Collaborative, Innovative, Transparent, Passion, Research based, Creative, Leadership, Respect and Inspiring.

Program Director:
Dr. Khaled Elsayed Eltobgy
General Surgeon & Wound Care Consultant
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Alexandria – Egypt +201000051399
Email: drkeltobgy@gmail.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/khaled-eltobgy-27365298/

Our Policy:
We use evidenced-based medicine and follow clinical pathway guidelines to ensure rapid and effective healing.

Our Procedures:
We offer state-of-the-art treatments including:

✔ Advanced Revascularization Procedures:
AVC Hospital is considered an advanced center for vascular surgery with a complete portfolio of all therapeutic, surgical and interventional services needed for any vascular patients with a very high caliper senior vascular consultants.
All patients should be fully revascularized if could be revascularized.
✔ Debridement:
surgical, enzymatic.
✔ Antibacterial programs and Wound Healing:
Systemic antibiotics are only delivered to perfused tissues; consequently, topical antibiotics and/or removal of bioburden by cleansing play a critical role.
✔ Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy (VAC Therapy)
✔ Platelet rich plasma & autologus plasma autografting
✔ Advanced Wound Care Dressings
✔ Specialized / creative off-loading and medical grade footwear techniques
✔ Compression therapy to aid with extremity swelling
✔ Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
✔ Advanced Resurfacing Procedures

Types Of Wounds Received:
We reliably receive all types of difficult or non-healing wounds including, but not limited to:
● Diabetic Foot Ulcers/infections Post-op wound infections
● Arterial insufficiency ulcers
● Venous stasis ulcers
● Pressure ulcers
● Traumatic wounds
● Bone infections Radiation wounds
● Surgical implant infections
● Chronic osteomyelitis,
● Radiation necrosis,
● Compromised skin grafts or flaps.
● Necrotic soft-tissue infection.
● Crush

Bringing you wound care unit at the comfort of your home

Objective
1. Maintaining the quality of service provided at the hospital, and following up with the same treatment recommended of the patient’s consultant
2. Providing wound care and wound dressing change at home for patients while maintaining the proper way of handling wounds according to the consultants’ instructions
3. Giving away flyers to patients during check-out that emphasise the importance of wounds follow ups, and in case of referring to any external service for wound care, the hospital will not be held responsible for any complication that may appear to the wound.
4. Designing flyers for the same purpose to be distributed in ER unit, internal and external clinics.

Proposed Home Wound-Care Unit

Head of the Nursing team: Mr. Ahmed Adel Contact no. : 01275795661

● In case of a patient requesting Home wound-care service, they should be directed to Ms. Dina.
● The consultant and the patent are both entitled for choosing a nurse from the specialised nursing team assigned to the service.
● The wound should be photographed every wound-change, and the patient’s status and progress should be recorded by the nurse in the “Dressing Audit” record.
● Direct communication with the patient’s consultant should be kept during the visit, or according to the consultant’s request to provide details and get instructions.
● The assigned nurse is handed a ledger in case the patient chose direct payment per visit. The nurse should head directly to the finance department upon arrival to the hospital to settle the payment, keeping a copy of the receipt in the record and handing the original and other copies  over to the head of the finance office.
● The “Dressing Audit” record and uploaded photographs should be submitted after the home visit to the head of the nursing team, Mr. Ahmed Adel.

Instructions for the Nursing Team

1. To assign for the nursing team, please head to Mr. Ahmed Adel.
2. Training courses will be held, and attendance is mandatory for every member of the nursing team
3. The hospital will not be held responsible towards the patient and the assigned nurse in case of direct contact with the patient without notifying the hospital. Legal and disciplinary measures will be taken against the involved nurse.
4. Geographical layout for home visits will be set for each member of the nursing team according to their preferences, while notifying the head of the unit.

 

Limphedema treatment unit is specialized in treating the swelling of body parts through physiotherapy sessions to treat chronic lymphedema for legs and arms, and prevent ulcers and injuries caused by the swelling. We use state-of-the art technology and medical devices to target the swollen parts demonstrate Intermittent pneumatic compression to improve venous circulation  forcing fluids, both blood and lymph, to flow out of the compressed area, while utilizing high quality compression devices to maintain the appropriate leg form during treatment period. 

Orthomedics Company Profile

Orthomedics Mission:

To provide high-end products & services with affordable price to improve people quality of life.

Orthomedics Vision:

To be market leader manufacturer & distributor for orthoses& prostheses in MENA & invade the Asian Market as well.

Orthomedics Workshop:

Orthomedics Export Business:

Services provided by Orthomedics to the physically disabled customers:

In 2014 AVC Hospital had created a successful Joint Venture with The Egyptian Company for Hyperbaric services Oxy Care – Egypt to establish the first Hospital Based, private, HBOT Center of Excellence in Alexandria, the Centre provides the highest quality of comprehensive hyperbaric services through an interdisciplinary team approach. Our team consists of senior hyperbaric medicine consultants, a team of highly trained nurses, hyperbaric technicians and medical assistants. Our chamber is considered a state of art with its 3 walk in doors, 8 business class seats, with full audiovisual monitoring and entertainment systems.

Vision statement: 

To deliver the highest quality patient care and best practice hyperbaric services as the leader not only in Egypt but also in the Middle East region.

Mission Statement:  

The mission of AVC Hyperbaric Center and its medical staff is to exceed the expectations of all we serve in a warm, compassionate atmosphere, which respects human dignity and patient safety.

Core values:

Partnership, compassion, transparent, passion, integrity, creative, empowerment, respect, stewardship.

Program Director:

Dr. Amgad Ahmed Gamal Eldin 
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Ex- Director Naval Hyperbaric Medical Institute
CEO Oxy Care Egypt Company for Hyperbaric services

Dr. Khaled Elsayed Eltobgy
General Surgeon & Wound Care Consultant
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Ex- Director Naval Hyperbaric Medical Institute

Dr. Moataz Gamal Eldin
Clinical Pathology Consultant
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Occupational Medicine Specialist

 Dr. Tarek Eldessouky Tamara
General Surgeon & Wound Care Consultant
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Executive Director Oxy Care Egypt for Hyperbaric Services

 Dr. Ahmed Salah Abd Elaal
Internal Medicine & Diabetology Consultant
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Consultant
Director Naval Hyperbaric Medical Center Hurgada


What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is a well-established form of treatment in which a patient breathes 100% oxygen at higher than normal atmospheric pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is given in special therapeutic chambers the pressure in this chamber is increased to higher than normal atmospheric pressure and the patient then breathes oxygen at this higher pressure.

Internationally Approved Accredited Indications fort HBOT

By 1967, The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) was formed, and is currently responsible for publishing the indications for HBOT. According to the UHMS definition and the determination of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other third party carriers, the following indications are approved uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as defined by the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee.

1.    Air or Gas Embolism

2.    Carbon Monoxide Poisoning : Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complicated By Cyanide Poisoning

3.    Clostridial Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)

4.    Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome and Other Acute Traumatic  Ischemias

5.    Decompression Sickness

6.    Arterial Insufficiencies: Enhancement of Healing In Selected Problem Wounds Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

7.    Severe Anemia

8.    Intracranial Abscess

9.    Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

10.  Osteomyelitis (Refractory)

11.  Delayed Radiation Injury (Soft Tissue and Bony Necrosis)

12.  Compromised Grafts and Flaps

13.  Acute Thermal Burn Injury 

14.  Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Condition Accepted By UHMS 2013

 

The European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) Consensus Conference was held in 2014 giving the current working recommendations which uses a 3 grade scale according to the strength of each recommendation has been evaluated (published 2016).

 

Type I= HBOT Is Strongly Recommended

  1. CO poisoning
  2. Crush syndrome
  3. Prevention of osteoradionecrosis after dental extraction 
  4. Osteoradionecrosis (mandible) 
  5. Soft tissue radionecrosis (cystitis) 
  6. Decompression accident 
  7. Gas embolism 
  8. Anaerobic or mixed bacterial anaerobic infections

Type II= HBOT Is Recommended As A Good Adjuvant Treatment

  1. Diabetic foot lesion 
  2. Compromised skin graft and musculocutaneous flap 
  3. Osteoradionecrosis (other bones) 
  4. Radio-induced proctitis / enteritis 
  5. Radio-induced lesions of soft tissues 
  6. Surgery and implant in irradiated tissue (preventive action) 
  7. Sudden deafness 
  8. Ischemic ulcer 
  9. Refractory chronic osteomyelitis 
  10. Neuroblastoma Stage IV 

Type III= HBOT Is A Good Optional Recommendation

  1. Post anoxic encephalopathy 
  2. Larynx radionecrosis 
  3. Radio-induced CNS lesion 
  4. Post-vascular procedure reperfusion syndrome 
  5. Limb replantation 
  6. Burns >20 % of surface area and 2nd degree 
  7. Acute ischemic ophthalmological disorders 
  8. Selected non healing wounds secondary to inflammatory processes

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