Acidosis

Description:

Acidosis is usually ignorable, and minimal action is required at low to medium severity. Acidosis and Alkalosis will cancel each other out.

Caused By:

• Hypoventilation
• Respiratory arrest
• Cardiac arrest
• Kidney damage (80% or more)
• Blood packs who’s donor had acidosis (acidosis gained will be the donor’s acidosis level at time of extraction divided by 5)
• Saline

Effects:

• Seizure (at 60% or more)
• Coma (at 60% or more)
• Increased heartrate (at 20% or more)
• Fibrillation
• Headache (at 20% or more)
• Confusion (at 15% or more)
• Weakness (at 35% or more)

Treatments:

• Treating the causes
• Inducing Alkalosis (preferably with Vomiting)
• Transfusing neutral Blood packs (unless the patient has 0% blood loss)
• Dialysis filter