{"id":30,"date":"2018-08-13T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:37:40","slug":"1-1-general","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/lessons\/lesson-1-initiate-an-intravenous-infusion-and-manage-a-patient-with-an-intravenous-infusion\/1-1-general\/","title":{"rendered":"1.1 General"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IV-Equipment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IV-Equipment-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IV Equipment\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IV-Equipment-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IV-Equipment-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IV-Equipment-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IV Equipment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a soldier medic, you will be providing medical care in a variety of situations.<\/p>\n<p>The method you will use to control hemorrhage in a casualty will likely depend on the tactical situation.<\/p>\n<p>Once hemorrhage has been controlled, the casualty may need fluid resuscitation to combat hypovolemic (low volume of fluid in the circulatory system) shock or to help prevent hypovolemic shock.<\/p>\n<p>This lesson will concentrate on the battlefield methods. It is imperative that all bleeding has been stopped before any attempt to start an intravenous infusion is performed.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: In this subcourse, the abbreviation &#8220;IV&#8221; can mean either &#8220;intravenous&#8221; or &#8220;intravenous infusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a soldier medic, you will be providing medical care in a variety of situations. The method you will use to control hemorrhage in a casualty will likely depend on the tactical situation. Once hemorrhage has been controlled, the casualty may need fluid resuscitation to combat hypovolemic (low volume of fluid in the circulatory system) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/lessons\/lesson-1-initiate-an-intravenous-infusion-and-manage-a-patient-with-an-intravenous-infusion\/1-1-general\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1.1 General<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/177"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/iv_infusion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}