You have completed Chapter 2: Counselling.
Answer the following questions to check how well you can recommend oral rehydration, provide extra information and recognise when the pharmacist needs to be involved.
Correct: Water replaces fluid, but oral rehydration salts replace both fluid and salts. This is why oral rehydration is the first-line treatment.
Incorrect!
Not quite. Water helps with fluid replacement, but it does not replace the salts being lost. Oral rehydration solution is designed to replace both.
Correct: Chill the solution or use an ice-block form.
Chilling oral rehydration solution or using an ice-block form can make it easier for a child to take without changing the balance of the solution.
Not quite. Do not add cordial, juice or change the amount of water. These can alter the balance of the solution. Chilling it or using an ice-block form is a safer option.
Correct: Refer the customer to the pharmacist.
Fever is a referral sign. Do not supply a medicine that slows the bowel. Refer the customer to the pharmacist before anything is handed over.
Not quite. A fever changes the situation and makes a bowel-slowing medicine unsuitable without pharmacist assessment. Refer the customer before discussing treatment.
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