Difference between IV bag and feeding bag?
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Topic: Difference between IV bag and feeding bag?
Posted By: bob123
Subject: Difference between IV bag and feeding bag?
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 5:55pm
What is the difference between these two? If you were going to mix your own saline solution in a worst case scenario, could you use the feeding tube bag, since it seems like it would be easier to fill?   |
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Posted By: Satori
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 6:19pm
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feeding bags are strictly for FEEDING through the GI system either through a tube down your nose or through your stomach wall ie a PEG tube or G tube feeding bags are not sterile to give iv fluids would give you a case of sepsis but quick and please don't even think about mixing your own if fluids this must be done by a trained professional eg a pharmacist and it MUST be done under STERILE conditions that is NOT an option |
Posted By: bob123
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 6:32pm
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What about a subcutaneous home made IV, would that be safer? I had to give IV's to my cat once and it made a huge difference.. |
Posted By: Satori
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 6:35pm
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NO NO NO anything that is going into the body with the exception of the GI system MUST be absolutely STERILE otherwise a massive,life threatening infection is 100% guaranteed if you need ivf's you NEED expert medical care if for no other purpose than to address the reasons you need ivf's in the first place |
Posted By: bob123
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 6:57pm
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So what is the best alternative, just drink electrolytes early on or something? I know how important sterility is, etc but all the sodium chloride solution is sold out. |
Posted By: Satori
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 7:21pm
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you can easily make your own rehydration solution lots of info on the net its just water,salt and sugar this does not have to be sterile or you could just buy some sports drinks such as Gatorade |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 14 2014 at 7:27pm
| Pedialyte is much better than Gatorade and I think better than water salt and sugar. I am looking at getting a bunch of it if Ebola gets bad. |
Posted By: bob123
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 3:52pm
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Geez, they said on the CBS evening news that treating an Ebola patient can take up to 10 liters of fluids per day. Guess I should just give up and dig a bunker. |
Posted By: jacksdad
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 4:25pm
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Wow - 10 liters. If they're leaking internally and externally, it probably would take huge amounts of fluid to keep up. Of course, then you have to do something with all that potentially infectious fluid they're losing (vomit, diarrhea, sweat and urine). ------------- "Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
Posted By: jacksdad
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 4:28pm
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I might be wrong, but subcutaneous fluid administration is usually a lot slower than by IV from what I remember. Something like a couple of liters a day is typical. ------------- "Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |