Question

why is it important for an iv solutionto have salts in it

Answer 1

If it was 100% water the water would all go into the blood cells by osmosis and fill up to where it pops open. which can kill you

Answer 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYoaLzobQmk

Answer 3

Osmosis is controlling the concentration of water across a semi preamble membrane, water goes from high to low, so you need exactly 0.9%moles of Saline, In hypertonic solution cells become shriveled (lysed), In hypotonic solution the cells burst, so the salt is a solute and water is a solvent, so salt keeps the solution between hyper, and hypo,