Acute Blood Loss

Pathophysiology

100

Acute blood loss is the result of sudden _____

Hemorrhage

200

What could a sudden cause of acute blood loss be caused from

Trauma

Complications of surgery

Hypovolemic Shock

400

What does gradual acute blood loss look like?

Slow blood loss where body can maintain its blood volume by slowly increasing plasma volume but the number of RBCs are significantly diminshed

Signs and Symptoms

100

Clinical signs and symptoms are more important than what

Lab values

300

What are some signs of acute blood loss

Internal Hemorrhage

Tissue distention

Organ displacement

Nerve compression

Bleeding of the GU system

Numbness due to nerve compression

Pain in lower extremities 

Diagnostics/Labs

200

Name some labs that would be checked for possible acute blood loss

Hgb

Hct

RBCs

Nursing Interventions

100

First you want to ID the source of the bleeding

Second you want to ______

Stop blood loss

200

What type of IV fluids should be administered

Dextran

Albumin

Electrolyte Solution LR

300

What type of blood products would need to be administered

Platelets

Plasma

400

If patient is post-op from surgery, what do you want to monitor for and what kind of supplemenation would you give as needed

Blood Loss

Iron Supplementation

Complications

300

What is the major complication of acute blood loss and what would you want to replace to prevent this from happening

Shock

Blood volume