Ok, so I just need this all straightened out...
Heres what I think I have
Electrolytes include: Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, so on...
If we dont drink any water, dehydration results (could this also be called hypernatremia??)
If we drink alot of water without taking in any...
I am....awful at getting patients blood pressures (Im discovering)
Any advice?
I usually just...cant hear it, I dont know whether I've positioned my stethoscope wrong, or if Im just not listening well enough
And Im not sure which sound to record systolic on, as I often hear a very faint...
I've just finished the EMT-B course a few months ago, and I was curious about all the different variables on giving patients fluids for patients suffering from shock, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
Ive read the course texts, and numerous online sources on how to treat it.
As far as I...