Resuscitation From Hemorrhagic Shock Using Rectally Administered Fluids in a Wilderness Environment

Michael P. W. Grocott; Stuart McCorkell; Mark L. Cox

doi:10.1580/PR32-04.1

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Michael P. W. Grocott,¹ Stuart McCorkell,¹ Mark L. Cox¹

¹From the Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine, University College London, Lond

Abstract

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.

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Michael P. W. Grocott, Stuart McCorkell, and Mark L. Cox "Resuscitation From Hemorrhagic Shock Using Rectally Administered Fluids in a Wilderness Environment," Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 16(4), 209-211, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1580/PR32-04.1

Published: 1 December 2005