The gravity suit: a major advance in management of gynecologic blood loss.
We have used the gravity suit (G-suit) to stabilize patients in shock as a result of ruptured ectopic pregnancies. Four patients presenting in shock were carefully studied with serial vital signs, fluid replacement, and blood loss before and after application of the G-suit. These studies were continued through surgery and the removal of the G-suit. The G-suit improved vital signs, increased peripheral organ and limb perfusion, and decreased blood loss in all cases.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005676:Gravity Suits; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy