Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

0.7 Contact Hours / 0.07 CEUs

Have you ever heard a patient say that it has taken them a year to recover from surgical anesthesia? After understanding the ischemia reperfusion injury, you will realize that their fatigue and difficulty recovering is actually related to return of blood flow to the limb, and likely not to the anesthesia at all. This webinar brings to light the latest information on the musculoskeletal and systemic effects of tourniquet release in orthopedic surgeries. While most understand the effects of ischemia of a limb during ischemia, few practitioners are aware of the even more detrimental local and global effects when the limb is reperfused. Understanding particularly the latter, will bring a better understanding of post-surgical patient conditions and lead to greater success in patient outcomes.

Target group: PT, PTA, AT, OT

Education Level: Basic

Program Agenda-Online -ischemia reperfusion

• Identify the main clinical and functional characteristics of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI)
• Recognize the different phases of IRI
• Compare local versus systemic effects of IRI
• Integrate potential clinical approaches to treat functional effects of IRI

• Financial: The instructor(s) receive an honorarium for presenting this course.
• Non-financial: The instructor(s) have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
• Partial credit is not available. For online courses, passing module assessments and completing the course evaluation is required to earn continuing education credit. For live courses, attendance is confirmed by signing the attendance sheet at the course; ensure name and professional license number are accurate, and initial both morning and afternoon attendance.