Dehydration can be serious and life threatening. As any first aid class will explain, dehydration can be treated and even prevented by having knowledge of what dehydration is. In order to understand how to treat dehydration with first aid it is important to understand the causes, symptoms, how to treat the ailment, and how to avoid it.
Dehydration occurs when the body looses too much water and is deprived of essential salts such as potassium and sodium. Dehydration can occur for a variety of reasons. The most common reasons are: …