Post-Operative Care (Hypovolaemic Shock)

Question 1

What is Hypovolaemic shock?

Answer 1

reduction in circulating intravacular volume

Question 2

How does hypovolaemic shock affect the body?

Answer 2

loss of BP detected in baroreceptors- stroke (beats/min)
cardiac output increases contracitility
increase % of blood out of heart- each beat

Question 3

How is vasocontstriction applied?

Answer 3

re-routes blood to vital organs, temp increaes BP (short term)- coping mechansim
IVFT needed!!- BP will reduce

Question 4

How much % does the cardiac output of blood volume in one beat?

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

Hypovolaemic treatment-

Answer 5

overload
prevent further loss- anti-emtic
fluid replacement- crystalloid/ whole bloods- neccessary on top of crystalloids

Question 6

Hypovolaemic clinical signs-

Answer 6

CRT prolonged
pale MM
tachycardia
low BP
cold extremeties

Question 7

lower than cats

Dog tachycardia-

Answer 7

220

Question 8

higher than dogs

Cat tachycardia-

Answer 8

250