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Hi there great question. Sometimes patients surprise us-and don’t behave as we think they “should “! Young people, sometimes the elderly (who may find it harder to “mount a tachycardia “) and patients on beta-blockers, as well as those who have lost only moderate amounts of blood or who are under the influence of drugs that might slightly slow the heart (such as anaesthetic drugs) may not have a tachycardia. That said you are totally right; a conventional response to hypovolaemia would include a tachycardia after a while if enough blood is lost. The patient will increasingly vasoconstrict. Don’tforget MAP = CO x SVR

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Hi this is just a small introductory video to one of the modules

Brian your right in many ways. I'm really using these SBAs' to teach the students- not as mock exams but as vehicles where we can chat about the options when they're first learning about clinical medicine. When I record them again I might change the question to something like.."what test are you going to do in the first 10 minutes' or similar..

Department of Anaesthesia no worries, and thanks again for all the videos and lectures, super helpful every year!

Hi you're totally right- and ones like this one wouldn't get into the real exams! It's quite hard to make all the materials myself though. Also I made them in the spirit of teaching - it's just another way the students (they see them at UCL in year 1 clinical) can learn things.

You are so right - thank you for pointing that out.Something must have happened to my sound/wording coordination!