You are a volunteer in the ER at the General Hospital. A 70-year-old male patient was brought in due to severe dehydration and sweating brought by a week-long heat wave. The patient needed an infusion of fluids intravenously.
What can happened to the red blood cells if the patient does not receive treatment?
What type of tonicity of a solution do you think would best facilitate water uptake by the patient’s cells?
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