Patient was educated on acute and chronic hypotension as follows:

1. It needs only one of the two numbers in the blood pressure reading to be lower than the optimum defined, to be classified as hypotension.

• Systolic pressure lower than 90

And/or

• Diastolic pressure lower than 60

2. Hypotension can be classified into acute or chronic hypotension
3. Acute Hypotension

• This is a sudden fall in blood pressure below the optimum levels leading to sudden altered level of consciousness, dizziness, and fainting.
• The causes for acute hypotension can be due to factors such as sudden loss of blood in uncontrolled bleeding or development of an allergic/anaphylactic response to any medications.
• The symptoms developed due to acute hypotension are very sudden and requires prompt management measures, such as, arrest of blood loss, blood transfusion, and administering antidote for allergic/anaphylactic reactions

4. Chronic Hypotension- Chronic hypotension is a slow and gradual process.