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A 40 year old bike rider from California hits a truck on the highway and gets badly injured leading to significant blood lost. He is immediatly rushed to the nearest hospital where the attending resident immediatly puts him on the iv supply of 0.9Nacl before arranging for the blood that matches his group. In this patient, the iv adm of sodium chloride would lead to
A an increased in plasma osmolarity
B an increased in plasma osmolarity and ECF volume
C an increased in ECF volume with normal osmolarity
D a decreased in plasma osmolarity and increased in ECF volume
E an increased in the plasma volume
C.
c is right cici