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People can go into shock when their blood pressure becomes so low that the body's cells don't receive enough blood and therefore don't receive enough oxygen.
Follow the links below to find information about shock.
Reviewed February 2010
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Shock
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Better Health Channel
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Shock is when you do not have enough blood circulating around your body. The lack of blood circulation caused by shock is a life-threatening medical emergency. Some of the many causes of medical shock include uncontrolled bleeding, severe burns and spinal injury. Emotional distress or sudden fright in response to a traumatic event is also often called 'shock'
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Jan 2010
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First aid - broken bones
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Bones are living things so if they are broken they will leak out blood into the surrounding tissue. Fractures are painful.
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Jun 2009
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Naloxone for shock
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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When people go into shock, their blood pressure drops and may be too low to sustain life. One theory about the cause of this is the effect of the opiates that the body produces after major blood loss or trauma. Naloxone is a drug that counteracts the ef...
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Dec 2008
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Timing and volume of fluid administration for patients with bleeding
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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About one third of injury deaths are due to shock from blood loss. Preventing shock in people with uncontrolled bleeding is, therefore, very important and is generally done by giving fluids intravenously. The aim is to maintain blood pressure and reduce...
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Oct 2008
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Vasopressors for shock
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Circulatory shock is broadly defined as circulatory failure including low blood pressure and the body's inability to maintain organ perfusion and to meet oxygen demands. Up to every third patient may be admitted to the intensive care unit because of cir...
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Jul 2004
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Dopamine versus dobutamine for hypotensive preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Dopamine improves low blood pressure (hypotension) in preterm babies more effectively than dobutamine in the short-term, but evidence on safety and long-term effectiveness is needed. Hypotension may cause brain injury and other serious problems for pret...
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May 2003
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