Blood, Electrolytes, and Intravenous Infusions

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DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

LESSON 1

• Section I. BLOOD PARTS

  • 1-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1-2. PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BLOOD

  • 1-3. BLOOD CELLS

• Section II. FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD IN TRAUMA-HEMOSTASIS

  • 1-4 INTRODUCTION

  • 1-5. TEMPORARY PLUG

  • 1-6. MUSCLE CONSTRICTION

  • 1-7. CLOT FORMATION

• Section III. BLOOD TYPES OR GROUPS

  • 1-8. MAJOR GROUPS

  • 1-9. A-B-O GROUP

  • 1-10. Rh FACTOR

  • 1-11. OTHER BLOOD GROUPS

• EXERCISES

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 2

• Section I. BODY FLUIDS

  • 2-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 2-2. NORMAL FLUID CONTENT IN THE BODY

  • 2-3. PROCESSES FOR MAINTAINING WATER BALANCE

  • 2-4. CATEGORIES OF FLUIDS

• Section II. ELECTROLYTES IN BODY FLUIDS

  • 2-5. ELECTROLYTES

  • 2-6. ACID-BASE BALANCE

  • 2-7. NATURE OF SOLUTIONS

  • 2-8. DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS

  • 2-9. CRYSTALLOID AND COLLOID SOLUTIONS

  • 2-10. NORMAL FLUID LOSS

  • 2-11. ABNORMAL FLUID LOSS

  • 2-12. REPLACING ABNORMAL FLUID LOSS

  • 2-13. ENZYMES

  • 2-14. HORMONES

• EXERCISES

• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 3

• Section I. INFUSIONS

  • 3-1. INTRODUCTION

  • 3-2. INTRAVENOUS PREPARATIONS

  • 3-3. CATEGORIES OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS AND THEIR USES

  • 3-4. HYDRATING SOLUTIONS

  • 3-5. ELECTROLYTE REPLACEMENT SOLUTIONS

  • 3-6. NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS (HYPERALIMENTATION PRODUCTS)

  • 3-7. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS/INTRAVENOUS ADMIXTURES

  • 3-8. PRECAUTIONS FOR USING FLUID THERAPY

  • 3-9. SITE FOR VENIPUNCTURE

  • 3-10. PRINCIPLES OF INTRAVENOUS THERAPY

  • 3-11. COMPLICATIONS

  • 3-12. CALCULATING THE INTRAVENOUS DRIP RATE

  • 3-13. EXPLANATION OF DRIP RATE FORMULA

  • 3-14. EXAMPLE OF A DRIP RATE CALCULATION

• Section II. TRANSFUSIONS

  • 3-15. INTRODUCTION

  • 3-16. PRODUCTS FOR TRANSFUSION

  • 3-17. SITE FOR VENIPUNCTURE WHEN A BLOOD PRODUCT IS USED

  • 3-18. RATE OF TRANSFUSION

  • 3-19. ADVERSE BLOOD PRODUCT REACTIONS

  • 3-20. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFUSION

  • 3-21. BLOOD TESTS

• Section III. INFUSION PROCEDURES

  • 3-22. INTRODUCTION

  • 3-23. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THE INFUSION

  • 3-24. PROCEDURE FOR VENIPUNCTURE

  • 3-25. DISCONTINUE AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSION

  • 3-26. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSFUSIONS

• Section IV. VENOUS CUTDOWN

  • 3-27. INTRODUCTION

  • 3-28. REASONS FOR USING THE VENOUS CUTDOWN

  • 3-29. VENOUS CUTDOWN PROCEDURE

• EXERCISES

• SOLUTIONS

APPENDIX

• GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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