Identify the category of shock and initial action to take for the following patients. 1. An 80-year-old woman admitted w
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Identify the category of shock and initial action to take for the following patients. 1. An 80-year-old woman admitted with a bowel obstruction has minimal urine output. A nasogastric tube has 1,500 mL of bloody aspirate returned on insertion. She becomes comatose. Vital signs are as follows: BP 78 mm Hg with Doppler stethoscope, pulse 140 bpm and thready, RR 8 bpm, and temp 94 F. a. Category of shock: b. Initial Action: