Strangulation: Implications for ICU Nurses of This Often-Missed Injury

Activity Summary

This presentation focuses on strangulation as an injury that may be missed by nurses and other health professionals. The emphasis is on the correlation of this injury to intimate partner violence, intentional and nonintentional injury to self or others and pediatric and adolescent strangulation risks. Of particular concern for ICU teams is that the victims of strangulation do not always present with physical signs of injury. The purpose of the presentation is to enhance information on physical assessment signs and behavioral responses that assist ICU teams to heighten their awareness of this injury. The presentation reviews mechanisms of strangulation injury, as well as the related topics of accidental strangulation and so-called choking games.

Objectives

Identify physical assessment findings related to strangulation injury.
Correlate mechanisms of strangulation to injury patterns
Describe the correlation of strangulation injury to intimate partner violence.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.