# acute peripheral artery occlusion --- **acute peripheral artery occlusion** emergency! Arterial Thrombosis/EmboIism Medical Emergency Limb lschemia -> Highriskof limb loss location -> the higher up the worse it is becuase more is denied Pain Pulselessness Paresthesia Paralysis Pallor Poikilothermia* becomes the same temperature as the room management: IV heparin thrombolytics surgical thrombectomy/embolectomy a risk for [[compartment syndrome]] ___