One of the most important concepts in medicine is shock.The term has been "borrowed" and, in addition to applying to the passage of electrical energy through the human body, it has come to mean "freaked out". Laypeople are always saying, "He's in shock!" if the person they are confronting seems dazed and confused.
WRONG!
Shock is the state of being HYPOPERFUSED--not enough blood volume is being delivered to tissues such that sufficient
oxygenation or nutrition is maintained. Real shock, if not reversed, leads to organ failure and death in short order.
Being freaked out, dazed, and/or confused are uncomfortable, but rarely fatal.
So, unless there is no blood pressure, IT AIN'T SHOCK!
WRONG!
Shock is the state of being HYPOPERFUSED--not enough blood volume is being delivered to tissues such that sufficient
oxygenation or nutrition is maintained. Real shock, if not reversed, leads to organ failure and death in short order.
Being freaked out, dazed, and/or confused are uncomfortable, but rarely fatal.
So, unless there is no blood pressure, IT AIN'T SHOCK!
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