Intravenous Therapy

The purposes of IV therapy include providing daily body fluid and electrolytes, replacing abnormal loss of fluids and electrolytes, and providing IV administration of medications.

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It is important for you to understand the differences between isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic fluids and when each is appropriate for use.

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Isotonic solutions are good for

• dehydration
• rescusistation
• repalcement
• all of the above

The most abundant extracellular electrolyte

• Cl
• HCO3-
• Na
• Mg

The most abundant intracellular elecotryltes

• Cl
• K
• Na
• P

Complications of IV therapy include infiltration, extravasation, phlebitis, thrombophlebitis, localized infection, septicemia, severed cannula, air embolism, circulatory fluid overload, and speed shock.

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Osmosis is the movement of water from:_____________

• low concentration of solutes to high concentration of solutes

• high concentration of solutes to high concentration of solutes

• low concentration of solvent to high concentration of solvent

• high concentration of solvent to low concentration of solvent

Identify the IV cannula gauge

• G26

• G24

• G22

• G20

• G24

• G20

• G22

• G18

• G20

• G18

• G23

• G26