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Old 01-08-2014, 01:48 AM
Gelrir Gelrir is offline
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
Drug Kit, weight 13kg
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“Fluids in 1,000ml IV Bags”:
12 Normal Saline
12 5% Glucose
12 Artificial Blood
12 Blood Plasma
... 1000 milliliters is 1 liter. The fluids are essentially water, so 1 liter weighs about 1 kg. That's 48 kg of fluids there ...

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