Course Code: REL-ACU-0-FRHSEMS
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 7/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Describe the clinical manifestations of hypovolemic shock.
Identify the stages of hypovolemic shock.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of fluids used to treat hypovolemic shock.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Hypovolemia
Clinical Scenario: Delores and Ann-Marie
Blood Volume
Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Inflammatory Response
Clinical Manifestations
Section 3: Treating Hypovolemic Shock
Clinical Scenario: Ann-Marie’s Story, Continued
Preventing Decompensation
Controlling Hemorrhage
Airway and Breathing
Circulation
Section 4: Types of Fluids
Resuscitation in the Clinical Scenario: Ann-Marie
The Fluid Debate
Crystalloid Solutions
Colloid Solutions
Blood and Blood Products
Section 5: Clinical Vignette
Patient Scenario
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
References
Subject Matter Expert: Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN
Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN, is the owner of Solheim Enterprises and an educational consultant who speaks internationally on motivational and clinical topics. Solheim is the founder of Project Helping Hands (http://project-helping-hands.org), a developing nations nonprofit humanitarian medical organization.
Writer: Ashley M. Coffey, RN
Ashley Coffey, RN, BSN, BA is a SME nurse writer for Relias with a focus in Acute Care. She holds three bachelor's degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill: in English Literature, Linguistics, and Nursing. With over ten years of nursing experience in critical care, post-surgical care, and post-anesthesia care units in university and community hospitals across the United States, she fosters a particular passion for balancing time constraints with necessary, engaging education for nurses.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Emergency Medical Personnel; Nurses; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.