Thank you Trudi and Yvette. David died nearly ten years ago and there were many unresolved issues regarding the treatment he received in hospital. The reason why the fluid question is important is that David's Hb was 12 when he went into the hospital and all his other tests were well within the accepted parameters for a 17 year old. Between 9pm and 11pm he was given seven litres of fluids. His fractures were all closed fractures and so blood was lost internally in his leg. The surgeon estimated that he had lost two litres of blood by 11pm.
For some reason, no fluid balance chart was kept. (Or it "went missing" we are not sure which.) I would like to know how they knew how much fluid to give him, and why they gave someone with a Hb of 12 any fluids at all?