A patient is receiving care for a soft tissue sports injury. Which explanation by the nurse explains part of the treatment using the acronym PRICE?
a. "I'll be alternating ice and heat to the in-jured area.".
b. "You'll be exercising with ice packs for a while.".
c. "Rest is indicated before and after cold treatments.".
d. "The cold therapy decreases venous con-gestion.".
D
PRICE means protect from further injury, rest, ice, compression, and elevation, the standard treatment for a sports injury. The treatment decreases venous congestion as follows: rest de-creases the gravitational pull on fluid to the extremity; ice vasoconstricts to limit edema, bleeding, and inflammation; compression prevents venous pooling; and elevation increases the gravitational pull on fluid from the affected region. Applying heat to an injury is usually contraindicated because it increases blood flow to the affected tissue. Exercise after a sports injury is applicable in selected cases and follows RICE therapy. The nurse usually recommends rest with a sports injury, but this is not the intended meaning of RICE.
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