Case load

1.      On average how many patients with suspected acute compartment syndrome, do you encounter per year?

Compartment syndrome diagnosis

2a    Diagnosis should be made purely on clinical ground?                                            Yes /No

2b    Diagnosis should be by both clinical review and compartment pressure measurement.         Yes / No

2c    In cases of potential compartment syndrome, how frequently do you advocate clinical review?                                                                                

        Hrly/2 hrly/Other-please specify:

2d    How do you assess for raised compartment pressure in unconscious patients or in those who are unable to communicate pain level?

Equipment

3a    In your department do you use a commercially available pressure measuring device?        Yes /No

3b    Which device is used?

3c    In your department, in the absence of a commercially available pressure-measuring device, do you improvise a device?                                                                               Yes /No

3d    How do you improvise a device for compartment pressure measurement?

3e  If there is no pressure-measuring device of any sort in your department, do you feel you would  benefit by obtaining one?                                                                           Yes /No

Interpretation

4a  If monitoring compartment pressure, at what measured compartment pressure would you elect to perform fasciotomy?

30mmHg; 40mmHg; Diastolic blood pressure-Compartment pressure differential <30mmHg; Other- please specify:

4b    How frequently would you advocate compartment pressure measurement?