The victim sustained a single stab wound to the left chest in the mid axillary line, just below the level of the nipple. The pointed weapon passes through the left lung and lodges to the heart. He was transported to our emergency department of CVMC. He was noted to be bleeding but eventually stopped. Though the bleeding stopped, he was observed to have low blood pressure and an increase heart rate. Upon blood transfusion his blood pressure increases and his heart rate lowered. a. Suggest an explanation for the following observation in his blood pressure and heart rate during bleeding and after blood transfusion

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The victim sustained a single stab wound to the left chest in the mid axillary line, just below the level of the nipple. The pointed weapon passes through the left lung and lodges to the heart. He was transported to our emergency department of CVMC. He was noted to be bleeding but eventually stopped. Though the bleeding stopped, he was observed to have low blood pressure and an increase heart rate. Upon blood transfusion his blood pressure increases and his heart rate lowered.
a. Suggest an explanation for the following observation in his blood pressure and heart rate during bleeding and after blood transfusion.

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