3. An elderly patient presents with dry mucous membranes, poor skin turgor, decreased urine output and...
3. An elderly patient presents with dry mucous membranes, poor skin turgor, decreased urine output and is complaining of rapid heart rate and irritability. What is going on with this patient? What are the intervention for this patient?
Homework Answers
The elderly patient is severely dehydrated and anytime he can go in Hypovolemic shock . The interventions for this patient are :-
- Monitor organ status (cardio, resp, GI, renal, etc.)
- Prevent further lossess
- Increase fluid compartment volumes
- Provide oral rehydration therapy
- Treat with fluids
- hypovolemia = treat with isotonic solutions
- hypotonic dehydration = hypertonic solutions
- hypertonic dehydration = hypotonic solutions
- Administer medications as prescribed = antidiarrheals; antimicrobial; antiemetic
- Administer oxygen as prescribed
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