Pump Then Tank: An Approach to Undifferentiated Shock
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CE: 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
Alarms are sounding. Your patient's vital signs are crashing. Everyone in the room is looking at you, waiting for a plan. When your patient is in shock, you can panic or you can fall back on a simple, structured plan. This lecture gives the audience a straightforward plan for diagnosing and managing undifferentiated shock, tailored specifically for clinicians who do not encounter patients in shock on a daily basis.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
Describe clinical findings associated with circulatory shock
Differentiate the features of high cardiac output and low cardiac output shock states
Outline an approach to the early diagnosis and management of undifferentiated shock
