How can trauma cause low blood pressure?

Answer 1

most obvious cause would be exsanguination or blood loss.

cardiac contusion can also cause hypotension.
pneumothrax, pulmonary fat emboli (if you've got broken bones) can also do it.
with spinal cord injury, you can have spinal shock as well.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If the trauma was that you were lacerated in the neck and severed your artery, then you would lose a lot of blood, and your blood pressure would become very weak.

Answer 4

To keep your blood pressure up in the normal range it's very useful to have it inside the blood vessels. Once it exits your blood vessels it's not available for its intended purposes.

Answer 5

blood loss, extreme pain are factors of trauma

Answer 6

any trauma can cause low blood presure if there is blood loss .. or the circulatory system is directly affected.

Answer 7

there are a plethora of reasons why you could be hypotensive. just do what the doctor says