Tom is a new EMT and is very nervous on his first emergency call. The patient is in need of IV fluids. Tom administers the

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Tom is a new EMT and is very nervous on his first emergency call. The patient is in need of IV fluids. Tom administers the fluids but quickly realizes that he has given the patient distilled water instead of the usual saline IV solution. To his dismay, Tom's patient quickly crashes and goes into distress.
What happened to the patient's red blood cells as a result of Tom's error?
Water flowed into the RBCs and they eventually burst or lysed.
The RBCs clotted up in the blood vessels.
The patient began to bleed inside the body.
The RBCs lost water and dehydrated.

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