Overview
- Shock is a life-threatening condition
- When vital organs fail to get enough blood, shock results
Causes
- Severe infections
- Allergic reactions
- Heat Stroke
- Trauma
- Poisoning
- Injury
Symptoms
- Cool, clammy skin
- Lackluster eyes
- Dilated pupils
- Vomiting/nausea
- Feeling weak
- Confusion
- Excitement
- Anxiety
- Shallow/ slow breathing or rapid/ deep breathing
- Weak and rapid pulse
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Treatment
Get emergency medical help. Meanwhile-
- Make the person lie down on the back
- Raise the legs above head level
- If raising the legs is painful, keep the person still
- Check for breathing
- If not breathing, do Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Make the person comfortable by loosening tight clothes
- Cover the person with a blanket
- If vomiting or bleeding from mouth -turn the patient on the side
- Do not feed the person orally
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Prevention
- Learn ways of preventing shock
- If you have a known allergy, carry emergency kits
- Teach family and friends how to use the kit
