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From: Cattermole GN, Chan DYS, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Beer as a burns resuscitation fluid. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2010;22(2):195-6.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01279.x/full
Important news in the world of fluid resuscitation B)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01279.x/full
Important news in the world of fluid resuscitation B)
We present the case of an unusual fluid resuscitation regime in a 65-year-old man with 40% burns. He fell into a garden fire, but believing the hospital to be closed, waited at home drinking six cans (2 L) of ‘San Miguel’ beer, with no other fluid intake, before attending the ED the next morning, 17 h after injury. His burn was assessed as mixed partial thickness, involving upper limbs, torso and face.
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To our knowledge, this is the first report of burns resuscitation with beer... We do not advocate its routine use...However, the case does remind us that the large volumes of the Parkland formula might not be necessary. Alternatively, our patient may just have been fortunate in his choice of beer. ‘San Miguel’ (St Michael) is the patron saint of paramedics.