Fluid Therapy Flashcards
What are 6 ways fluid can be lost?
Sweating Breathing Urination Diarrhoea Vomiting Bleeding
How can fluids be administered?
Oral Subcutaneous Intravenous Intraperitoneal Intraosseous
Prefix - INTRA?
Inside
Prefix - INTER?
Between
Prefix - EXTRA?
Outside
Prefix - VAS(O)?
Vessels
What is the lack of fluid from all over the body called?
Dehydration
What is the meaning of Intravascular?
Inside the vascular system
What is the meaning of Extravascular?
Everything outside the vascular system
What is the meaning of Intracellular?
Fluid inside cells
What is the meaning of Extracellular?
Fluid outside the cells
What is the meaning of Interstitial?
Fluid that is outside cells and vessels
What is the meaning of Transcellular?
Fluid elsewhere
What are the 3 main electrolytes in body fluid?
Potassium
Sodium
Chloride
What is the abbreviation for Intracellular fluid?
ICF