A severe blood pressure drop can progress to loss of consciousness in minutes, so the response is immediate and physical.
What to know
- Lie the patient flat and elevate the legs at once.
- Stop ultrafiltration and reduce blood pump speed.
- Give saline as prescribed.
- If consciousness is lost, disconnect per emergency protocol and call emergency services.
- Never leave a hypotensive patient unattended, and never sit them upright.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Emergency Preparedness, one of ten modules in the Trivita Learning Hub. If anything here contradicts what your own nephrologist or dialysis nurse has told you, follow your care team — they know your prescription, your access and your history.
Trivita's dialysis nurses answer our care line 24 hours a day on 055 242 1070, including for people who are not yet our patients.
Education, not medical advice. This page explains home hemodialysis in general terms for patients and care partners in the UAE. It is reviewed by Trivita's Medical Director but cannot account for your individual circumstances. Never change a prescription, medication or technique based on this page alone.