After a road accident a victim has tachycardia, arterial blood pressure 130/90 mm Hg, tachypnoe, the skin is pale and dry, excitation of central nervous system is observed. What shock stage is the patient most likely in?

Answer options

1. Agony
2. Preshock (compensation stage)
3. Erectile
4. Terminal
5. Torpid

Explanation

The erectile phase proceeds from several minutes to half an hour. For it, the expressed reaction is characteristic of the CNS and Sympatico adrenal system. During this period, especially if the trauma was preceded by a strong nervous overstrain, sensitivity rising to external stimuli, impellent and speech excitation, fluctuations of arterial and venous pressure, pallor of integuments, increase and quite often arrhythmia of pulse, breath.