Resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock using rectally administered fluids in a wilderness environment.
We 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.
Grocott
Michael P W
MP
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
McCorkell
Stuart
S
Cox
Mark L
ML
D000285:Administration, Rectal; D000328:Adult; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome