LR

[Marty Mangan]

Probably the best place for you to obtain info on that topic is a good old chemistry book starting with the Henderson - Hasselbalch equation dealing with acids and bases and Le Chatelier's Principles of Acids and Bases and it makes perfect since why!
 



> To: flightmed at flightweb.com> Subject: LR> From: bolen001 at mc.duke.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:03:19 -0400> > Hello all,> > I have a practice question. We (the military) have recently changed our > teachings based on experiences in Iraq in relations to the resuscitation > of trauma patients. One of the big ones is the use of LR. For En Route > Care (Army & Navy transport) we have changed to using Saline because of > the label on LR where it states "not to be used in the presence of > acidosis". Does anyone know of any literature for or against the use of LR > based on the lactate present in LR? I cannot find anything in my > Literature searches.> > Thanks,> > Ron> > Ron Bolen, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN, CCRN, NREMT-P> Clinical Nurse Educator> Education Services> Duke University Health System> 919-684-2750 (Office)> 919-970-7320 (Pager)> > > _______________________________________________> Flightmed mailing list> To unsubscribe or change your email address, go to http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flightmed>