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fluid resuscitation

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fluid resuscitation,
a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as administering prescribed intravenous fluids rapidly. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.

fluid resuscitation
Critical care medicine The infusion of isotonic IV fluids to a hypotensive Pt with trauma; aggressive FR may disrupt thrombi, ↑ bleeding, and ↓ survival


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The SAFE Study Investigators, A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit, The New England Journal of Medicine, 2004, 350:22, pp.
With products for pacing, defibrillation, circulation (with ZOLL's Real CPR Help[TM] technology), ventilation, and fluid resuscitation, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS professionals, and lay rescuers resuscitate sudden cardiac arrest or trauma victims.
s ResQPOD(TM) Circulatory Enhancer and Revivant Corporation's AutoPulse(TM)); and a fluid resuscitation product called the Power Infuser(R), manufactured by Infusion Dynamics, a division of ZOLL.
 
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