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CE Home > Medical/Surgical Nursing > Orthopedic Emergency

Orthopedic Emergency    
Compartment Syndrome
by Kelly Anne Bliven, RN, BSN
CE146 l 1.00 hr

Orthopedic Emergency - CE146  


        Price  ( $ 10.00 )
Objectives:

The goal of this program is to enhance nurses’ ability to detect those at risk for developing acute compartment syndrome and how to care for them. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Identify the physiological cause of acute compartment syndrome.
  • List the five “Ps” that comprise the signs and symptoms of neurovascular compromise.
  • Describe the treatment of acute compartment syndrome.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 7/19/2007


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Gannett Education, formerly known as Nursing Spectrum Division of Continuing Education, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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