This is for a short story I'm revising, when my female character gets attacked by a tiger, and loses blood. How much can you lose to need a blood transfusion, or go into shock and have death? I realize this has been asked before, so that's why I added the second part to this question.
2007-06-16 07:48:29 · 18 answers · asked by Kristen H 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
4 - 5 L = Female
5 - 6 L = Male
If your hemoglobin level decreases about 0.2-0.3 then you will need to have a blood transfusion but sometimes blood tansfusion is done even the decrease of hemoglobin doesn't reach 0.3 level. This is done in order not to aggravate/wait for the hemoglobin level to reach very low.
You need to lose at most 50% of your blood in order to go into shock.
2007-06-16 16:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by giftedman88 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some sources say the body contains 8-10 pints of blood. Other sources say 10-12.
You need an emergency transfusion if you lose a couple of pints. Death is likely if you lose more than about 40% of blood volume.
2007-06-16 07:56:06 · answer #2 · answered by metapede 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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This is for a short story I'm revising, when my female character gets attacked by a tiger, and loses blood. How much can you lose to need a blood transfusion, or go into shock and have death? I realize this has been asked before, so that's why I added the second part to this question.
2015-08-16 20:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Much Is 5 Pints
2016-10-18 03:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Human body has approximately 6 quarts, which means that there are 12 pints of blood. I hope this was helpful.
2007-06-16 07:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by ED 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount varies by sex and size, but the average for males is 12 pints, females 9 pints. The given "average" for humans is usually stated at 10 pints due to the height, weight and sex differences.
Loss of about one third of this volume, between 3 and 4 pints, causes profound hypotension, leading to shock and shutdown of organs, first being the kidneys and then other organs.
2007-06-16 07:54:15 · answer #6 · answered by drmsm2003 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The average adult has a blood volume of roughly 5 litres (about 10 pints). Losing more than 40% of circulating blood volume will lead to shock and death if untreated..
2007-06-23 03:26:18 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average adult has 10 pints of blood in his or her body
2007-06-16 07:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by tigerhawkro 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
8-10
2007-06-16 07:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by ✿Donna❀ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8-10 pints.
2007-06-16 07:50:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋