A Patient with a Crushed Forearm Cannot Get Pain Relief

question 23

Multiple Choice

A patient with a crushed forearm cannot get pain relief with opioid medications.The injury is swollen, cool, and cyanotic, with weak distal pulses.What should the nurse suspect?

• A) Compartment syndrome
• B) Overwhelming infection
• C) Fat embolus
• D) Osteomyelitis

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