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below), published from decades of research around the world, showing that the Diapulse Wound treatment system stimulates healing even in people with poor peripheral circulation with non-thermal, pulsed high frequency, high peak power electromagnetic energy. | Therefore, any physician, hospital, clinic or nursing facility that provides conventional treatment for chronic wounds that proves ineffective to the point of requiring amputation without at least informing the patient that there is a safe, non-invasive treatment that will provide a risk-free reasonable chance of complete healing, is committing gross malpractice. The reason is that when treatment is provided in a timely manner, the amputation becomes unnecessary. Currently, about 250,000 people with diabetes undergo leg amputation each year. With the availability of Electromagnetic stimulation with Diapulse, which is now covered by Medicare under HCPCS code # G0329 (electromagnetic therapy), such amputations have all become avoidable. Here's how it Works:The human body is as electrical as it is chemical. Although poor peripheral circulation occurs from a variety of causes (the most common of which is a complication of diabetes) the mechanics are the same. The smaller arteries and capillaries become sclerosed (narrowed due to fatty deposits) depriving the skin fatty tissue, muscle, nerves and bone of blood circulation. The resulting ischemia (loss of blood circulation) reduces or eliminates the capacity to heal from even minor trauma or thermal injury. The ischemic cells also become edematous (swollen), which further hampers the ability to heal. In such cases a mere scratch can rapidly deteriorate to gangrene. Even in a conventional treatment center with hyperbaric pressure, such an individual has little chance of healing without electromagnetic therapy.The Diapulse treatment immediately restores the electrical potential of the cell thereby reducing tissue edema (swelling). It also polarizes the red and white blood cells causing them to form pearl-like chains while passing through the electromagnetic field. This allows more of the blood cells to enter the narrowed vessels, because they are moving single file rather than bouncing randomly like billiard balls during a fast break. Thus the once ischemic tissue is now receiving the necessary blood flow for the body to regenerate small arteries, veins capillaries, nerves and various tissues for complete healing.
Decades of ResearchMany double blind studies have been done all over the world over the past four decades with the same result: chronic wounds treated with Diapulse healed all of the wounds at a faster rate and the placebo group (not treated) healed at a slower rate with many remaining unhealed at the end of the study period. For example, Salzberg, et al (21) studied the effects of non-thermal pulsed electromagnetic energy (Diapulse) on wound healing of pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord paralysis. They found that the treated group healed twice as fast with all other contributing factors (nutritional status, nursing care, etc.) equalized.Moreover, there are many prospective studies published showing that people with chronic pressure ulcers unhealed for years have achieved complete healing with Diapulse. Itoh, et al (14) tested the device on a group of patients with pressure ulcers on various parts of the body at stage II (full skin loss) and Stage III (exposure of fatty tissue and muscle). The wounds had been present and unhealed from three weeks to three years. The patients in this group had conditions that made them susceptible to pressure and difficult to heal such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord paralysis and stroke, etc. The complete healing rate was 100%. ConclusionAs of July 1, 2004 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has evaluated the effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic therapy and decided to cover it for chronic stage III or IV pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, venous ulcers and diabetic ulcers not demonstrating measurable signs of healing after 30 days of conventional therapy. This coverage decision makes the Diapulse Wound treatment system readily accessible throughout the United States as state Medicaid systems and private insurances usually follow along with CMS coverage decisions.Therefore, when a chronic wound is not healing and the patient is facing a catastrophic conclusion the health care provider has a moral and legal obligation to either provide pulsed electromagnetic therapy or at least inform the patient that a Medicare-covered device exists that offers a risk-free reasonable chance for complete healing. To not do so will result in severe pain, amputation or death and could eventually be construed as a wanton disregard of the patient's safety and well-being. Thomas A. Sharon, R.N., M.P.H. Hollywood, Florida http://www.nursetom.com Please note that as/of this writing the author does not own any stock in the Diapulse Corporation of America and has not received any payment from them for this article nor have they asked him to write it. 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