Anaesthesia | e-LA Learning Path: Addenbrookes, Cambridge | Haemorrhage and Hypovolaemia

This session outlines the physiological response to hypovolaemia, and the strategies used to replace fluid losses with appropriate intravenous fluids and blood products. It also compares the differences in the physiological responses to acute hypovolaemia from haemorrhage with those of fluid loss from causes such as gastro intestinal (GI) loss, noting that the timescale of loss and replacement is longer for these compartments.