IV Therapy (Exam 3) FPCC Questions
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intracellular fluid - ANSWER✔✔ - 2/3 OF THE TOTAL BODY WATER
- FOUND INSIDE THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF THE BODY'S CELLS. IN HUMANS
(AVERAGE 70 KG), THE INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENT CONTAINS ON AVERAGE
ABOUT 28 LITERS OF FLUID .
extracellular fluid - ANSWER✔✔ - ACCOUNTS FOR 1/3 OF THE TBW, EITHER:
INTERSTITIAL, INTRAVASCULAR AND 3RD SPACE
interstitial compartment - ANSWER✔✔ •IT THE SMALL, NARROW SPACES
BETWEEN TISSUES OR PARTS OF AN ORGAN. IT IS FILLED WITH WHAT IS CALLED
INTERSTITIAL FLUID
•WHEN EXCESSIVE FLUID ACCUMULATES IN THE INTERSTITIAL SPACE, EDEMA
DEVELOPS. IN THE AVERAGE MALE (70 KG) HUMAN BODY, THE INTERSTITIAL
SPACE HAS APPROXIMATELY 10.5 LITERS OF FLUID ( 15% OF THE TBW)
IMPORTANCE:
IT ACTS AS THE MICROENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS MOVEMENT OF IONS,
PROTEINS, AND NUTRIENTS ACROSS THE CELL BARRIER .
intravascular compartment - ANSWER✔✔ •THE MAIN INTRAVASCULAR FLUID IN
HUMANS IS BLOOD; THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN HUMANS IS
APPROXIMATELY 70-75 ML/KG
•THIS IS THE SPACE WHERE YOU IV FLUIDS INFUSE!!!
•BUT WILL THEY STAY THERE OR CAUSE SHIFTS????
(they can move and cause shifts)
, pg. 1416
third space - ANSWER✔✔ •THE THIRD SPACE IS SPACE IN THE BODY WHERE
FLUID DOES NOT NORMALLY COLLECT IN LARGER AMOUNTS.
•FOR EXAMPLE, THE PERITONEAL CAVITY AND PLEURAL CAVITY ARE MAJOR
EXAMPLES OF THE THIRD SPACE.
• SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUID DOES EXIST NORMALLY IN SUCH SPACES, AND
FUNCTION FOR EXAMPLE AS LUBRICANT IN THE CASE OF PLEURAL FLUID .
what is the most dangerous route of medication - ANSWER✔✔ intravenous
IV fluid therapy - ANSWER✔✔ IMPORTANCE !
•CAN BE LIFE-SAVING IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS
•LOSS OF BODY WATER, WHETHER ACUTE OR CHRONIC, CAN CAUSE A RANGE OF
PROBLEMS FROM MILD HEADACHE TO CONVULSIONS, COMA, AND IN SOME
CASES, DEATH.
•THOUGH FLUID THERAPY CAN BE A LIFESAVER, IT'S NEVER ALWAYS SAFE, AND
CAN BE VERY HARMFUL.
parenteral administration - ANSWER✔✔ • PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF
FLUIDS INTO
BLOODSTREAM
• PARENTERAL**** in venous system
• INCLUDES:
• IV FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
•MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
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