What are the symptoms of the Decompensatory Stage?
Decreased Heart Rate
Decreased Cardiac Output
Decreased Blood Pressure
Increasingly slow CRT
Increasing acidosis
Low or no urine output
Multi Organ Failure
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Symptoms of the Refractory Stage?
IRREVERSIBLE
Comatose
Vital organ failure
Brain damage and widespread cell death
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How does the body know that blood pressure is low?
Baroreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinus detect low BP
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How does the body compensate short term for low BP?
Baroreceptors send a signal via afferent pathways to the medulla
message via efferent pathways back to the heart
the heart responds with an increased heart rate and increased contractility
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How does the body compensate for high carbon dioxide?
Chemoreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinus detect high CO2
message via afferent pathway to the medulla ablongata
efferent pathways to the respiration muscles
they work harder and faster to remove the CO2
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What does RAAS stand for?
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone
System
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What does the RAA system do?
It is a medium-long compensatory method to increase blood pressure
By retaining sodium and therefore water which increases blood volume
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What is does ADH do?
Anti Diuretic Hormone
ADH works in the nephron by increasing the amount of water that is reabsorbed
Less urine is produced
Increases Blood Volume
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What is the aim of treating a child in shock?
To re-establish tissue perfusion
Restore Blood and oxygen supply to vital organs and body tissues
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Card 2
Front
What are the three types of shock?
Back
Hypovolaemic
Cardiogenic
Distributive
Card 3
Front
What are the three types of distributive shock?
Back
Card 4
Front
What are the four stages of shock?
Back
Card 5
Front
What are the symptoms of the Initial stage of shock?
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