A member asked:

The most amout of blood you could possibly lose and still survive in a hospital for 2 or 3 days without a transfusion?

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Varies: A healthy person can endure 10-15% blood volume loss before hypotensive shock would threaten them. Someone with severe cardiac disease might not survive lesser amounts of blood loss.

Answered 12/4/2011

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Depends: A young person can endure even greater amounts of blood loss without going into hypotensive shock. They may feel light headed and may have orthostatic hypotension.

Answered 11/28/2014

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

May be 1-2 liters: An healthy individual can withstand probably upto 1liter rapid loss, but after that it may be difficult. If it is slow bleeding, even if you lose 2-3 liters, the body has time to adjust.

Answered 1/13/2012

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