An emergency room nurse cares for a patient admitted with a…
An emergency room nurse cares for a patient admitted with a 50% burn injury at 10:00 this morning. The patient weighs 90 kg. Using the Parkland formula, calculate the rate at which the nurse should infuse intravenous fluid resuscitation when started at noon. _____ mL/hr Round to the nearest whole number
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The nurse is conducting triage under mass casualty conditions. A patient who is oriented x3, heart rate 112, BP 90/78, respirations 32, O2 saturation 85% on room air is experiencing hypovolemic shock due to a penetrating wound to the upper chest. What triage tag would the nurse assign to this patient?
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