A 24-year-old woman was critically injured when hit by a car while she was walking to work. Emergency department staff has been working for one hour to stabilize her. Which parameters would the nurse evaluate as indicating the patient is adequately fluid resuscitated?
1. Her core temperature is 98.2°F.
2. Her mean arterial pressure (MAP) has been in the 70s for the last 30 minutes.
3. She is no longer tachycardic.
4. Her last lactate level was 2 mMol/L.
5. Her last sublingual capnography reading was 74.
2, 3, 4
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