Chapter 14, Problem 39RA

Summary Introduction

To review:

The following:

Reasons for weak and rapid pulse of a person in circulatory shock

Treatments to raise the blood pressure.

Introduction:

The circulation of blood throughout the body is done by the circulatory system. It includes two forms of circulation, namely pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart, and systemic circulation that is responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to various body parts.