From: Renaissance of base deficit for the initial assessment of trauma patients: a base deficit-based classification for hypovolemic shock developed on data from 16,305 patients derived from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Shock
No shock
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Base deficit at admission, mmol/L
≤ 2
> 2.0 to 6.0
> 6.0 to 10.0
> 10.0
Need for blood products
Watch
Consider
Act
Be prepared for massive transfusion