Subcutaneous fluids (less skilled than IV) ??

[InTheBlack]

Learning how to give IV fluids isn't something you can find someone to teach you in an afternoon - and monitoring blood volume is a vital skill that must go along with it and isn't as simple.

For a pandemic flu situation where you are bunkered down--

What about subcutaneous (SubQ) administration of fluids instead? A bolus is absorbed slowly by the body.

I learned it easily for small animals, but elderly pets have much thinner skin than humans.

I don't know if it would be helpful during ARDS (leaking fluids everywhere) but prior to or during recovery ???