Hypovolemia: A H&T Reversable Cause of Cardiac Arrest

Review of hypovolemia as a H&T reversable cause of cardiac arrest including: causes, signs & symptoms, and treatment.

When a patient loses excessive amounts of fluids, we say that they are in a state of hypovolemia.

The most obvious cause of hypovolemia is from bleeding.

Common conditions other than bleeding that can cause hypovolemia.

Bleeding can be internal or external and caused by trauma, pathology, or iatrogenic.

Classic signs & symptoms of hypovolemic shock.

Volume replacement with crystalloids vs blood.

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