At Australian Wound Care, we use evidence based principles to guide our practice. As a specialist team we often receive referrals from people with the hardest to heal wounds.
How we heal wounds
Primarily for these wounds we use application of Autologous Platelet Gel (APG) directly onto the wound. This gel is formed using your own platelets (blood component) after undergoing a specialised treatment performed by AWC.
Blood is made up of several components. The bits, or formed elements, are suspended in a protein fluid called plasma. Blood is responsible for many things in the body, such as delivery of nutrients and oxygen, removal of waste products, protection from infection, control of bleeding and healing of tissue after it is damaged.
The main formed elements or cells in the blood are red blood cells (mainly responsible for oxygen delivery), white blood cells (for control of infection) and platelets (control of bleeding and starting the healing cascade after tissue damage).
What happens when tissue is damaged?
When platelets come into contact with damaged tissue, they become activated and change from smooth cells to having a rough surface and they stick to the damaged surface and each other. They release agents that cause constriction, or tightening, of the surrounding blood vessels, and that attract and activate more platelets and start other biochemical processes.
The role of platelets in healing
When platelets are activated a number of powerful biochemicals are released. Of particular interest are some agents called growth factors. These are responsible for the many changes required for healing. Activated platelets release these factors and they have their effects locally to the damaged tissue.
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