A shift in the Minor Injuries Unit
 
SE/C02/906: Rolls-Royce
 
Man sitting
Back to St Emlyn's Reception

1. Analgesia
2. RICE
3. Advise to watch for signs of compartment syndrome.

• Pain: severe / increasing. Relentless and not well relieved by opiates

• Pressure: tense, swollen, sometimes indurated

• Passive stretch: severe pain on stretching the compartment

• Parasthesia

• Paralysis

• Pulselessness