External Compression Flashcards
Used to treat many peripheral problems such as traumatic edema, venous insufficiency, lymphedema, leg ulcers, amputated limbs, wound healing, and arterial insufficiency.
Intermittent Compression or Intermittent Pneumatic Compression.
Major Forms of Edema
Inflammatory, Obstructive, Burn, Cardiac, and Renal.
Intermittent Compression will help decrease edema. Local forms of edema such as?
Inflammatory and Obstructive.
Intermittent Compression will not be very effective. General forms of edema such as?
Burn, Cardiac, and Renal.
Grade ___. If goes into nail bed.
Grade 1.
Grade ___. If goes to PIP.
Grade 2.
Grade ___. If goes above PIP.
Grade 3.
Edema from chronic condition. See Jaundice, firm-non pliant edema, see in geriatric population.
Browney/Brawney Edema
IC utilizes ___ applied externally to push out edema. Decrease edema and move out lymphatic fluid.
Air Pressure.
Dosage:UE should not exceed.
40-60 mmHg
Dosage:LE should not exceed.
40-70 mmHg
Decrease edema, traumatic edema, lymphedema, stasis dermatitis residual limb shrinkage, post-phlebitic syndrome, post-op venous ligation, and post-mastectomy
Indications for Intermittent Compression
Impaired sensation and mentation, hypertension, cancer, stroke or high BP.
Precautions for Intermittent Compression
Elevate, move distal to proximal joints.
Exercises for UE edema reduction.
Elevate, ankle pumps, knee bending or quad sets (can be isometric).
Exercises for LE edema reduction.
