This 7-hour online course provides occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other licensed healthcare providers with practical, evidence-informed strategies for managing edema in the acute care setting. Participants will develop the clinical reasoning skills needed to safely assess and address edema in medically complex hospitalized patients, including those with cardiac, renal, vascular, infectious, and post-surgical conditions.
The course emphasizes simple, safe compression solutions and edema management strategies appropriate for the acute care environment, with a focus on early intervention to improve patient comfort, mobility, tissue healing, and overall functional outcomes. Learners will explore the application of compression, skin care, positioning, and monitoring techniques, while identifying key precautions and contraindications in high-risk populations.
Through case-based examples and structured decision-making frameworks, participants will gain confidence in determining when to initiate, modify, hold, or discontinue interventions, while working within their scope of practice and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.
Interdisciplinary collaboration is highlighted throughout, with a focus on integrating edema management into acute care workflows and discharge planning. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with practical tools to enhance patient safety, support functional performance, and contribute to improved recovery outcomes.
This course is offered to all physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, medical doctors, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Course access is NOT immediate due to the need to ensure that the prerequisites are met and to allow for hand processing of the order. Upon registration and payment of the course fee, you will be emailed a Student Agreement within 3 business days. Once the Agreement is electronically signed by you and emailed back to Klose Training, a username and password for accessing the online course will be emailed to you within 3 business days. You will have 3 MONTHS of access to the online course from the time the access information is emailed to you.
No prior lymphedema certification required! This course is offered to all physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, medical doctors, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners.
NOTE: It is the responsibility of all health professionals to ensure that they work within the limits of their license.
Tuition: $595. Full amount is due upon registration. For our refund and cancellation policy, please refer to the Student Agreement.
This course totals 7 contact hours and has been approved for 7 CE hours for most Physical and Occupational Therapists by the organizations and states listed here. Online course hours are also approved for Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) re-certification.
To receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must be a licensed health care professional and watch all video portions of the course, pass an online quiz with a score of 80% or better, and return the required documents specified in the course. The Certificate will then be emailed to the student.
Klose Training is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 16571. This Distance Learning-Independent activity is offered at 7 CEUs, introductory, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
