Title: Demonstrate the care of a patient showing signs and symptoms of shock (hypoperfusion).
Course: Emergency Medical Technician I (14055-I) > Section: Managing Shock and Resuscitation

Demonstration should include

- essential components in normal perfusion
- physiologic response
- types of shock
- treatment of shock
- psychosocial aspects of age-related assessment and treatment modifications for pediatric and geriatric patients.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does an EMT determine whether a patient is in compensated or decompensated shock?
- What are the three components of the cardiovascular system, and how does the failure of each result in shock?
- How do the interventions an EMT can perform for a patient in shock help support perfusion?