Actively bleeding patient

[shnnon90]

Would doing CPR or stopping the bleeding take precedence? Wouldn't CPR exacerbate the blood loss?

[bagladyrn, RN]

CPR circulates the blood volume. Why circulate something that is not there?

what good will the blood volume do if it's not moving (circulating)?

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

what good will the blood volume do if it's not moving (circulating)?

what good will the blood volume do if it's not moving (circulating)?I

Review the definition of SVR.

Not enough to pump. The cardiac output would equal ZERO.

I would have spent my effort . blasting volume expanders.