UNIT 2: CARE OF THE SHOCK PATIENT Flashcards
What is shock?
Perfusion and oxgenation issue
Inadequate tissue perfusion- widespread inadequate oxygen supply to provide nutrients for cellular function
Shock is life-threatening. Progression of shock os neither linear nor predictable
What are the four overlapping stages of shock?
Inital
1. No visible changes
2. Changes occuring at cellular level
Compensatory
1. Body compensating to restore tissue perfusion and oxygenation
Progressive
1. Compensatory mechanisms begin to fail
Refractory
1. Total body failure
What are the clinical manifestations of shock in the inital phase?
- Subtle or no clinical manifestations
- Hypoxia- production of pyruvic or lactic acid
- Decreased cardiac output
Class 1 shock
1. Blood loss up to 15% ( each until of blood lost drops hemagolbin by 3 point)
What are the clinical findings of the compensatory phase of shock?
- Confusion
- Hypotension
- Tachycardia
- Tachypnea
- Cool, clammy skin (r/t blood shunting back to core)
- expectations: Septic shock- warm & flushed,
- Neurogenic is usually normothermic
- Urinary output-decreased
- Resp. Alkalosis- short cycle and only in the compensatory stage
Class 2 shock
1. Blood loss 15-30% (750-1500ml)
What are the clinical findings of the progressive phase of shock?
1.Lethargic and confused- GCS 9-12
2.Severe HYPOtension
- Systolic below 90
- Diastolic below 60
- Try giving fluid bolus
- Tachycardiac- above 150
- Tachypnic, shallow, crackles
- Pa O2 below 80mmHg
- PaCO2 above 45
- Mottling, petechia, cap refil longer than 4 secs
- anuria
- metabolic acidosis
Class III shock
1. Blood loss 30-40% (1500-2000 ml)
With blood loss your also losing your ability to carry oxgyen
What are the clinical findings of the refractory (irreversible) phase of shock?
- Coma (GCS 8 or less)
- Hypotension requiring vasocontrictions
- Dysrhthmias- including possible MI
- Resp. Failure
- Pulmonary edema
- Bronchoconstriction
- Hepatic failure
- Renal failure
- Peripheral tissue ischemia and necrosis
- Anasarca
- Profound metabolic acidosis
Class IV shock
1. Blood loss greater than 40% (2000mL)
What are types of shock?
Pump, Pipes & Volume
1. Hypovolemic (Volume)
2. Cardiogenic (PUMP)
3. Distrubutive (PIPE)
4. Obstructive (PIPE)
What are the two types of hypovolemic shock?
- Absolute
- Relative
What do we need to know about Absolute & relative hypovolemic shock?
Hemorrhagic
1. External loss of whole blood
- Cause: Trauma surgery, AAA, GI Bleen
Non-hemorrhagic
1. Loss of other body fluids
- vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Excessive diuresis
- Diabetes insipidus
Relative
1.Fluid shift that stays internal
- Third spacing- extravascular or intracavity
- Burns, acites, peritonitis, bowel obstruction
What s/s will our patient with hypovolemic shock present with?
- Slow cap refill
- Confused
- Systemic vascular resistance
- Hypotensive
- Olguiria because the kidneys arent beling perfused.
- Normothermic
What is our treatment for hypovolemic shock?
- 3 units of isotonic crystalloids for every 1 unit of loss. NOT to rapidly
- HOB elevated needs to be flat or raised to about 30 degrees.
- Elevate legs
- Give o2.
What should we know about cardiogenic shock (PUMP)
- PUMP failure
- Decreased contractility
- Acute mi
- Severe heart failure exacerbation
- Myocarditis
3.Additional signs they might have cardiogenic shock - JVD
- Pulmonary edema
What are common causes of cardiogenic shock?
Typically trauma injury is the cause. Look for bruising, seat belt marks.
What should we monitor on a patient suspected of being in cardiogenic shock?
- Breath sounds- specifically for crackles
- Muffled heart sounds because of fluid surrounding heart.
What are our interventions for a patient in cardiogenic shock?
- Give oxygen (fish flowndering)
- Give beta blocker- metropolol to decrease heart rate and lower bp
- Give diuretics
- Give vasodilators (nitropressen)
- LIMIT fluid- dont want to overlod them and increase the workload.
- I&O super important
- Balloon pump/VAD
What are different types of distributive shock (PIPE)
Think NAS
- Anaphylactic
- Neurogenic
- Septic
What is anaphylactic shock?
Type of distributive shock.
It is a life-threatening hypersenstivity (allergic) reaction
1. bee, peanut, medcations
2. transfusion reactions
3. Latex allergy
What is neurogenic shock?
Type of distributive shock
1. Spina cord injury above T6
2. Spinal Anesthesia
What is septic shock?
Distrubutive shock
1. Extreme immune system response to an infection
- Pneumonia, UTI, Invasive lines
- End organ failure >MODS
What are our interventions for distributive shock?
- Give fluids ASAP r/t the histamine response that causes the patient to lose volume.
- Possible vasconstrictor/neuroepinephrine