BROKE AF
PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS FOR A NEW FRACTURE
WHAT ARE IMMOBILIZE LIMB, APPLY ICE, ELEVATE, MANAGE PAIN?
CAUSES OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
WHAT IS: INCREASED PRESSURE WITHIN A MUSCLE COMPARTMENT THAT RESTRICTS CIRCULATION?
SURGICAL JOINT REPLACEMENT, USUALLY HIP OR KNEE
WHAT IS AN ARTHROPLASTY?
SCALE USED TO ASSESS A PATIENT'S RISK FOR PRESSURE INJURIES
WHAT IS THE BRADEN SCALE?
WHAT ARE CYTOTOXIC FLUIDS?
PRIORITY ASSESSMENT FOR A BONE FRACTURE
WHAT IS: NEUROVASCULAR CHECKS USING THE 6 PS?
LATE SIGNS OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
WHAT ARE PALLOR, PULSELESSNESS, PARALYSIS
MEDICATIONS TO PREVENT DVT AFTER ARTHROPLASTY
WHAT ARE HEPARIN AND ENOXOPARIN (LOVANOX)?
SENSORY PERCEPTION, MOISTURE, ACTIVITY, MOBILITY, NUTRITION, FRICTION/SHEAR
WHAT ARE CATEGORIES OF THE BRADEN SCALE?
REPOSITIONING AND DEEP BREATHING (INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY)
WHAT IS THE KEY INTERVENTION AFTER HIP SURGERY?
CARE NEEDED FOR A WET CAST
WHAT IS: HANDLE WITH WET PALM, ALLOW TO AIR DRY, ASSESS SKIN AND CIRCULATION
EARLY SIGNS OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
WHAT ARE SEVERE PAIN AND PARASTHESIA
MOST COMMON POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER ARTHROPLASTY
WHAT ARE A DVT OR A PULMONARY EMBOLISM?
WOUNDS WITH ESCHAR/SLOUGH/DEEP TISSUE INJURIES
WHAT ARE UNSTAGEABLE WOUNDS?
KEY NEUROVASCULAR ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS
WHAT ARE COLOR, TEMPERATURE, CAPILLARY REFILL, MOVEMENT AND SENSATION?
PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS FOR AN OPEN/COMPOUND FRACTURE
WHAT IS PREVENT INFECTION WITH A STERILE DRESSING AND ANTIBIOTICS?
NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
WHAT IS: LOOSEN DRESSINGS NOTIFY PROVIDER, PREPARE FOR FASCIOTOMY?
PATIENT TEACHING FOR ANTI COAG USE
WHAT IS ADMINISTER SUBQ, ROTATE SITES, DONT MASSAGE AREA?
REPOSITION Q2H, USE PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES, KEEP SKIN DRY, CLEAN AND MOISTURIZE.
WHAT ARE NURSING PRIORITIES FOR IMMOBLE PATIENTS?
THIS PROVIDES PIGMENT AND PROTECTS SKIN FROM UV DAMAGE
WHAT IS MELANIN?
WEIGHTS HANG FREELY, IMMOBILIZING LIMB, REDUCES MUSCLE SPASMS, AND ALIGNS BONES BEFORE SURGERY.
WHAT IS BUCKS TRACTION?
THIS IS A SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES CUTTING THE FASCIA, THE THICK CONNECTIVE TISSUE SURROUNDING THE MUSCLES
WHAT IS A FASCIOTOMY?
THIS IS A LOCALIZED AREA OF SKIN DAMAGE THAT DEVELOPS WHEN PROLONGED PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THAT PART OF THE BODY
WHAT IS A DECUBITUS ULCER?
THIS IS THE PRIORITY WHEN FINDING A DECUBITUS ULCER
WHAT IS FIRST NOTIFY WOUND NURSE, CLEANSE WITH SALINE, APPLY DRESSING, DOCUMENT MEASUREMENTS AND STAGE?
ADEQUATE PROTEIN, FLUIDS, REPOSITIONING AND USING PRESSURE REDISTRIBUTING DEVICES
WHAT ARE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT PRESSURE INJURIES?