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Treating severe dehydration in infants?
I'm doing some research for a disaster story and I'm trying to find out what hospitals do to treat a severely dehydrated infant. All the medical sites I can find just say "Call 911", but what if there IS no 911? Do hospitals just give special fluids intravenously, or are there other methods they use as well? I hope somebody can help me out!
-Again, not an actual infant. This is just research.-
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- med109Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
It depends on how serious it is, if the baby is having trouble breathing that would be takin care of first. Dehydration can also cause seizures, cardiac issues, and shock which those things will also need taking care of. There are a couple different IV solutions that can be given, normal saline or lactated ringers, and 2 different ways to give those fluids. IV (intravenousley) which i am sure you know is in the vein, the trouble is once a baby is that dehydrated you might not be able to find a good vein so the next place to go is a IO (intraosseous) which is in the bone of the leg. They will give a bolus of fluid based on babies weight, and do it again if the first bolus didn't help.
Other things they will do is give oxygen, cardiac monitoring, and treating the initial reason of dehydration.
