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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