
An emergency room (ER) staff has been alerted by an ambulance of the imminent arrival of a patient who nearly drowned at a nearby beach. The ER staff should expect that the patient will have inhaled a large amount of seawater, and consequently will need to treat the patient for the effects of highly
A) hypotonic extracellular fluid, including possible cell rupture.
B) hypotonic extracellular fluid, including possible cell dehydration.
C) hypertonic extracellular fluid, including possible cell dehydration.
D) hypertonic intracellular fluid, including possible cell rupture.
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