A fifty percent burnt patient is brought to you. He's thirty years old, his weight is 70 kg and has full thickness burns. He's brought to you two hours after the accident and was already given one liter of ringer lactate before reaching you. He needs to be transferred to a burns center for further management. But it's located at a distance of two hours drive from your place. What would you give? 1. Normal saline 500 ml per hour 2.
Colloids at 500 ml per hour 3. Ringer lactate at 500 ml per hour 4. Ringer lactate at 1000 ml per hour Answer: Ringer lactate at the rate of one liter per hour. It's calculated by Parkland formula . Well, he needs to be given total fourteen liters for resuscitation in 24 hours (4x 50x 70= 14000 ml as per the parkland formula, first half, 7000 ml in first eight hours and remaining 7000 ml in next sixteen hours). Seven litters in first eight hours. He's already…
