Trauma ICU Rounds
Trauma ICU Rounds
Dr. Dennis Kim
Shock: A Physiology-First Approach | Visual Rounds
13 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
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This is a Visual Rounds episode — a more foundational crossover from the YouTube side of Trauma ICU Rounds. Shock is not simply hypotension. In this episode, we work through a physiology-first approach to shock: oxygen delivery, cardiac output, arterial oxygen content, MAP versus perfusion, compensated shock, mixed shock, and the four major shock states — hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, and distributive. The goal is to move beyond simply naming a shock category and instead understand w...