Principles of surgical care, shock and other problems

The History of Fluid Resuscitation for Bleeding

“…In 1934, Alfred Blalock proposed four categories of shock: hypovolemic, vasogenic (septic), cardiogenic, and neurogenic. Hypovolemic shock, the most common type, results from loss of circulating blood volume due to loss of whole blood (hemorrhagic shock), plasma, interstitial fluid, or a combination [31].…”