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Wilderness Environ Med · Jan 2005
Case ReportsResuscitation from hemorrhagic shock using rectally administered fluids in a wilderness environment.
- Michael P W Grocott, Stuart McCorkell, and Mark L Cox.
- Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine. University College London, Room 103, 1st Floor Crosspiece, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, W1A 3AA, UK. mike.grocott@ucl.ac.uk
- Wilderness Environ Med. 2005 Jan 1;16(4):209-11.
AbstractWe report the successful use in a wilderness environment of rectally administered oral rehydation fluid to resuscitate a patient who was in shock. The subject was a 21-year-old Nepali man who had experienced a major upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
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