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Heat and Cold Application2012
Heat and Cold Application2012
Karima Elshamy
Learning Objective
Define heat and cold application
List the indication of using heat and cold application .
Enumerate the contraindication for heat and cold
application.
Explain the local effects of heat
Discuss the disadvantage of heat application
Explain the different forms of heat application
Local effect of cold
Systematic effect of heat and cold application
Contraindications to the use of heat or cold
Temperature for hot and cold applications
Different methods of applying heat and cold
Heat and Cold Application
Complications
Fainting attack
Persons at risk
Fair skin
People with problems sensing pain
Persons with metal implants
Very young
Elderly
oChanges in skin with aging
oThose with dementia might miss pain
Appling heat and cold
2 forms of application
Moist Dry
Heat Cold
MOIST HEAT APPLICATIONS
edema
Local effect of cold
Vasoconstrictions
Impaired Impaired
Open Wound Circulation Mental Status
Temperature for hot and cold applications
Ice Bags,
Filled either with ice chips .
Compresses
Can be either warm or cold
Are moist gauze dressing applied to a wound
Soak
Refers to immersing a body
part in a solution
Sterile technique is generally indicated for open wound
Sitz bath