Duration
45-60 minutes
Group size
4-6 participants (or team composition applicable to local area)
Target audience
Emergency department medical and nursing clinicians
Description
This resource kit provides healthcare clinicians with the skills to assess and manage a patient with fat emboli following orthopaedic limb trauma.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session the participant will be able to:
- Identify the potential causes for the deteriorating patient following limb trauma
- Perform an assessment of the patient with an altered conscious state following trauma
- Describe the management of fat emboli syndrome
