Your housemate comes down with the latest stomach flu virus and develops frequent, watery diarrhea that alternates

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Your housemate comes down with the latest stomach flu virus and develops frequent, watery diarrhea that alternates with vomiting episodes. After a day of misery, she is so listless that you insist on taking her to the emergency room. A nurse hooks her up to an IV drip of saline solution (slightly salty water) and insists that she stay in ER until the full amount has entered her bloodstream. Why was this the appropriate emergency treatment for your housemate?

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Human Biology

ISBN: 9781305264540

11th Edition

Authors: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

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