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craig asked in Science & MathematicsMedicine · 3 months ago

Can contact solution be used as saline IV?

Ok first off I don’t encourage the use of needles without a trained person in such field. Nor do I recommend using needles in general unless your a diabetic, or told/instructed by a doctor.

Personally I am deathly afraid of needles, flu shots, drawing blood? I dono it’s the anxiety factor, I just can’t stand it, freaks me out, immensely, I shake all that, it’s bad.

ANYWAY

So contact solution is isotonic, saline solution just has a bit of salt mixed in to my understanding. Alright contact solution does have some more ingredients to prolong/clean your lenses.  Let’s say I have a cut, ok no saline on hand, bam lets shoot some contact fluid in there to clean it out, and then rubbing alcohol, “bandaid” and off to the hospital if necessary.

If I am in a survival situation, would I just be better off drinking it assuming I don’t have pedialite/Gatorade/water immediately available. Perhaps I’m in the middle of nowhere and find a person passed out clearly due to dehydration, my girlfriend is a diabetic and I don’t wanna “drown” the individual as they are unconscious. 

Hypothetical yes, but I think it’s a good question.

Again, don’t inject anything without professional advice!!!! And whatever answers are given, don’t simply assume you can stick a needle and not drink water!  This is purely a question of interest NOT intended otherwise! I claim no liability, and nor do people answering! Educational purposes only! Only use medical devices under the guidance of professionals!!!!

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