Paramedics are treating a patient in decompensated shock. On physical exam, paramedics discover that the patient has hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnea, and crackles. What type of shock should be suspected?

A 42-year-old woman is the unrestrained driver of a car that crashed head-on into a tree at approximately 45 miles per hour. Both femurs are obviously fractured and she has an unstable pelvis. She is unresponsive, tachycardic, tachypneic, and hypotensive.Based on her vital signs, the woman in this Shock Scenario is expected to be in what stage of shock?

Which hormone is responsible for regulating sodium balance within the body?

Which of the following would indicate a poor expected outcome in a patient with shock?

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? _____________________________________________________________