In the United States, patients who are in shock due to severe hemorrhage should be given:

What type of shock patient should we allow permissive hypotension? _________________________________________________________________________

According to your textbook, shock is assumed to be _____________________________ until proven otherwise.

Following a car crash, a patient has a punctured lung, which leads to a tension pneumothorax. What type of shock will this MOST likely cause?

Restoring blood volume and improving perfusion in a patient with irreversible shock:

What amount of normal saline of Lactated Ringer’s remains in the vascular space after on hour? _____________________________________________________________

List the 3 stages, or progressions, of shock listed in your text starting with the first to the last.1. ____________________________________2. ____________________________________3. ____________________________________

A female patient has lost approximately 800 mL of blood. What should paramedics  expect her ventilatory rate to be?

When treating a patient in shock, it is especially important to monitor:

What is the term used to describe the vessels that bypass the capillary bed directing blood straight from the arterial circulation to the venous circulation? _____________________________________________________________________