When a person goes into shock, their entire cardiovascular system is shutting down. The body first recognizes that it is going into shock and it begins to pull blood and fluid away from the nonessential organs such as the muscles and skin in order to keep blood circulating to the important organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. If shock goes untreated the blood flow will continue to decrease until it completely stops. There are many different types of shock that happen for different reasons and need to be treated differently. Hypovolemic Shock can be one of the more life threatening types of shock that a first responder will have to treat. This type of shock happens when the human body loses one fifth or twenty percent of its fluid or blood supply. There are two different types of Hypovolemic shock. There is hemorrhagic causes, which are sudden or large cuts, bleeding from blunt trauma, internal bleeding, etcetera. Then there is nonhemorrhagic causes which are due to vomiting and diarrhea. Both types of causes involve the body losing a significant amount of fluid or blood. When the body…