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Specifically for the heart, hypotension can lead to a vicious cycle of decreased diastolic pressures and coronary perfusion, which leads to further cardiac ischemia, decrease in cardiac output and worsening hypotension. We all know that shock and hypotension are emergencies, but how quickly we act and what we do varies from provider to provider. They have no symptoms and their low readings are normal for them. In other people, blood pressure drops below normal because of some event or medical condition. Some people may experience symptoms of low pressure when standing up too quickly. Low blood pressure is a problem only if it causes dizziness, fainting or in extreme cases, shock. Shock is a life-threatening condition of circulatory failure that most commonly presents with hypotension. It can also be heralded by other vital sign changes or the presence of elevated serum lactate levels. The effects of shock are initially reversible but can rapidly become irreversible, resulting in multi-organ failure (MOF) and death. Permissive hypotension is also known as hypotensive resuscitation and low volume resuscitation. The concept remains controversial and is primarily applicable to the penetrating trauma patient; It is considered part of damage control resuscitation, along with haemostatic resuscitation and damage control surgery Hypovolemic shock is considered present when severe hypovolemia results in organ dysfunction as the result of inadequate tissue perfusion. In patients with severe hypovolemia or hypovolemic shock, delayed fluid therapy can lead to ischemic injury and irreversible shock with multiorgan system failure. A 22 year old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. Shock. A previously healthy, 70kg (154 pound) man suffers an estimated acute bl