Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Bleeding

Main culprit in death of a patient due to bleeding is?
  1. Low cardiac output
  2. high blood pressure
  3. tachycardia
  4. increased pulse
Explanation
Answer: A- low cardiac output occurs due to Hypovolemia which is a massive decrease in blood volume, and death by excessive loss of blood. Other conditions such as low blood pressure, tachycardia, can occurs but are less danger in causing death.
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