Describe the signs and symptoms of shock

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Question: Jane Doe reported to the ER at 1:04 PM with multiple injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident in which the motorcycle she was riding as a passenger was sideswiped by a car which resulted in a collision with a chain-link fence. Her injuries included a severe laceration of the right lateral torso extending approximately 12 inches and running obliquely from posterior to anterior, closed head injury, no fractures reported on x-ray/CT, closed comminuted fracture of the right fibula. Numerous contusions in multiple locations. The patient was unconscious and in shock.

o Describe the signs and symptoms of shock.
o Describe how cardiac output would respond to shock.
o Describe how the following fluid volume regulating mechanisms would respond to shock:
o Antidiuretic Hormone
o Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System
o How would peripheral resistance (vasoconstriction/vasodilation of blood vessels) respond to shock?

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