The nurse would question aggressive fluid resuscitation as an early intervention for which patient?
1. The patient with a serious head injury from a fall
2. The patient whose hands were burned in a kitchen fire
3. The patient whose leg was severed in an industrial accident
4. The patient with an open abdominal wound from a car crash
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Rationale 1: Current data suggest that aggressive fluid resuscitation may be useful for patients with head injuries.
Rationale 2: Aggressive fluid therapy is recognized as helpful for the patient with a thermal injury.
Rationale 3: Patients with isolated injury to an extremity may benefit from aggressive fluid therapy.
Rationale 4: For a patient who is actively bleeding, increasing the arterial blood pressure through administration of fluids can dislodge clots and interfere with the hemostatic mechanisms that manage clotting.
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