IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients

Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by aidenn0 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:16AM (#16438073)

Quick tip: for kids, you can make popsicles out of the solution, which will moderate the rate at which they drink it.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by amorphid on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:25AM (#16438699)

Not if you eat popsicles the way I do! Lick, lick, crunch, more please.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by ceejayoz on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:32PM (#16439361)

My teeth hurt just from reading your comment.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by scrooched_moose on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:45AM (#16438888)

They also make Pedialyte popsicles. Great for kids and hungover adults.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:41AM (#16438854)

The salt won't freeze though?

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by wingspar on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:13PM (#16439176)

Salt water freezes fine... Lower than 32f/0c but not too much for a regular household freezer. https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1722

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by aidenn0 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:49AM (#16438938)

If you look at the recipe it's like 3g of salt in 1L of water; that lowers the freezing point a bit, but not much.

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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by kragen on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:36AM (#16465973)

Salt freezes at 801°. If the temperature is too high for the salt to freeze, it's way too high for the water or the salt–water eutectic to freeze. Also, you are going to have worse health problems than dehydration pretty quick.

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