BIO 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reversal Potential, Nernst Equation, Osmotic Concentration

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June 8, 2016: a wilderness firefighter has just completed 12 hours of fighting a forest fire. She followed procedure carefully by drinking water and gatorade every hour for the 12 hours but towards the end of those 12 hours, she overheated and vomited twice, losing both fluid and ions. Afterwards, she exhibited signs of a possible osmotic imbalance. Answer the following questions based on this situation: after vomiting, she was treated by local paramedics who gave her 500ml of water to drink. It decreased because the total amount of water is increasing, but the solutes remain the same: she continued to exhibit symptoms of a possible osmotic imbalance and was taken to the hospital. Clinicians and lab techs obtained the following measurements and noted that her icf and ecf were isosmotic to each other. 300: the emergency room health care team disagrees about the iv solution to give the firefighter.

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