Question

A patient was involved a serious accident and lost a large quantity of blood. in an attempt to replenish body fluids, distilled waterequal to the volume of blood lostis added to the blood directly via one of his veins. what will be the most probable result of this transfusion? a patient was involved a serious accident and lost a large quantity of blood. in an attempt to replenish body fluids, distilled waterequal to the volume of blood lostis added to the blood directly via one of his veins. what will be the most probable result of this transfusion? the patient's red blood cells will shrivel up because the blood has become hypotonic compared to the cells. the patient's red blood cells will shrivel up because the blood has become hypertonic compared to the cells. the patient's red blood cells will swell and possibly burst because the blood has become hypotonic compared to the cells. the patient's red blood cells will burst because the blood has become hypertonic compared to the

Answer 1

Adding distilled water directly to the bloodstream would result in red blood cells swelling and possibly bursting due to a hypotonic environment leading to hemolysis.

Step-by-step explanation:

If distilled water is added directly to the blood via transfusion, the patient's red blood cells will likely swell and possibly burst because the blood has become hypotonic compared to the cells. Red blood cells in a hypotonic solution experience an influx of water, leading to hemolysis. This is because distilled water has a lower concentration of solutes compared to the intracellular fluid of red blood cells, causing water to move into the cells to equalize solute concentration.

Answer 2

The patient's red blood cells will swell and possibly burst because the blood has become hypotonic compared to the cells.

Step-by-step explanation:

Distilled water is water obtained through the distillation process. Water distillation consists of evaporation followed by condensation (return to liquid state) of water. This process provides the separation of a quantity of salts present in ordinary water, also called mineral water. In other words, distilled water is an extremely low salt water and this makes this water unfit for use in the case shown in the above question.

If distilled water is used as a substitute for the patient's lost blood and injected directly into their veins, the patient's red blood cells will swell and possibly explode because they have lost salts trying to balance the concentration of salts with the distilled water.