Please forward to ward members, family, and friends.
Vicky Frizzell
Stake Food Storage Specialist
- ¼ tsp real salt
- ¼ tsp no salt (potassium chloride) -
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp sugar
Mix into 4 cups of water. Give the person small sips of the solution every five minutes, even if he vomits, until he begins to urinate normally. The drink can be given with fruit juices as a flavoring.
The person may also drink thin vegetable soup, or the water in which rice or barley has been cooked.
(Lana said that we need to use all four items in this rehydration formula to balance our electrolytes. She got this formula from a nurse at the LDS hospital.)
Taken from “Emergencies! And How to Prepare for Them” by Lana Richardson with her permission, pp. 19-22
Note: This rehydration formula can also be used to PREVENT dehydration when water is scarce. Put it in the water you do have. Your cells will absorb the water more readily with salts present and reduce the onset of becoming dehydrated rather than fluids being “flushed” through your kidneys. Prevention is always better than the cure!
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