Treatment Preparation
Your treatment choices are saline solutions with different amounts of salt (NaCl) that can be added to
Clark's blood and affect osmosis in the brain.
In medicine and veterinary medicine, saline solutions are compared with the normal concentration of
sodium (~143 mmol/L) in healthy blood. Three saline solutions are available: isotonic, hypotonic, and
hypertonic.
Concentration of Sodium
Interpret each as higher, lower, or equal to
normal blood Nat concentration.
Lower
Equal Higher
Isotonic Saline
Hypotonic Saline
000
Hypertonic Saline