Manifestations of shock include:
a. weak rapid pulse, low blood pressure, slow deepventilations and pale warm moist skin
b. weak slow pulse, high blood pressure, rapidshallow ventilations and pale warm moist skin.
c. weak slow pulse, high blood pressure, rapidshallow ventilations and pale cool moist skin.
d. weak rapid pulse, low blood pressure, rapid
shallow ventilations and pale cool moist skin.
d
Other symptoms of shock include faintness, dizziness,
altered conscious state and nausea (and sometimes vomiting).
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