Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 27 TSC 662 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Blood Clots
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The idea
Deep vein thrombosis, a clot in a deep vein, can travel to the lungs and become a pulmonary embolism, a dangerous emergency.
In practice
Prevention includes early walking, leg exercises, compression devices and anticoagulant medications as ordered.
Where people slip
Compression devices placed at surgery are part of this prevention, so they are applied as ordered.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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