Blood Loss, IVs, Stabilization

lood Loss:

Blood loss is divided into 5 classes, 4 of which have a cautionary text accompanied with them:

Class	Description	Liters
Class 1	No warning text	6 liters (default)
Class 2	Lost some blood	5.1 liters
Class 3	Lost a lot of blood	4.2 liters
Class 4	Lost a large amount of blood	3.6 liters
Class 5	Lost a fatal amount of blood	3 liters

Generally what we recommend to aspiring medics is to not treat class 5 blood loss as doing so would require over 2 liters of IV fluids to stabilize them. Class 4 blood loss should only be treated if the supply situation allows it.

IV's:

Blood

A blood infusion will transfer blood into the system of the patient. Be careful with the amount of it.

Propofol

A propofol infusion will cause anesthesia on a patient. The anesthesia will stop after the infusion has finished.

Stabilization:

A patient is considered stable when:

• Are bleeding at a rate slower than 1/4 of their cardiac output. (Pretty extensive to account for so just take this as saying the patient should preferentially have all wounds bandaged).

• Their pulse is above 40.

• Their blood pressure is above 50/60.

• They have class 1 or 2 blood loss.