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What problem did the distilled water in the patient's bloodstream create?
Distilled water doesn't have any solutes. Distilled water is going to dilute the plasma so as
the water flowing into the blood vessel then were starting see the plasma concentration
drop.
What happens to the patient's blood cells as a result?
Blood cells take up water, enlarge finally they're going to burst open. Hemoglobin present
inside of the red blood cell.
Considering the function of red blood cells, why did the patient's oxygen levels fall?
Hemoglobin helps transport o2 and if it burst its not able to transport oxygen. Oxygen
needs to be within the cell to be able to transport oxygen. That why we see low oxygen in
our patient.
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After Jessica had made the error, is there anything that could have been done to save the
patient's life?
-To quickly remove the IV that was transporting water into the plasma.
-Instead add solution that was slightly hyper tonic something above 0.9%
-Then she would want to reestablished isotonic conditions where she would have saline
solution at 0.9%
-Blood transfusion ,dialysis
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What problem did the distilled water in the patient's bloodstream create?
Distilled water doesn't have any solutes. Distilled water is going to dilute the plasma so as
the water flowing into the blood vessel then were starting see the plasma concentration
drop.
What happens to the patient's blood cells as a result?
Blood cells take up water, enlarge finally they're going to burst open. Hemoglobin present
inside of the red blood cell.
Considering the function of red blood cells, why did the patient's oxygen levels fall?
Hemoglobin helps transport o2 and if it burst its not able to transport oxygen. Oxygen
needs to be within the cell to be able to transport oxygen. That why we see low oxygen in
our patient.
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After Jessica had made the error, is there anything that could have been done to save the
patient's life?
-To quickly remove the IV that was transporting water into the plasma.
-Instead add solution that was slightly hyper tonic something above 0.9%
-Then she would want to reestablished isotonic conditions where she would have saline
solution at 0.9%
-Blood transfusion ,dialysis
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