NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Trauma

At what percentage of blood loss does the human body begin to experience profound hypotension?
  1. 10%
  2. 25%
  3. 30%
  4. 35%
Explanation
Answer - D - The human body begins to experience profound hypotension when 35% of blood is lost. The profound hypotension is due the body has lost the massive vasoconstriction that helped maintain the blood pressure due to the blood loss. As the precapillary sphincters reopened, the blood pressure dropped. This marks the beginning of decompensated shock.
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