A child who weighs 10 kg sustains an estimated total body surface area (TBSA) burn of 50% from a house fire. The Parkland formula of fluid resuscitation is used to determine the amount of fluid that this child requires. According to this formula, a nurse should intravenously administer _ mL of fluid to the child in the first 8 hours from the time of the injury.
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The Parkland formula is:
4 mL of l...
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