What type of shock presents with bradycardia due to cervical spine injury?

Neurogenic shock is characterized by the disruption of sympathetic nervous system activity, often resulting from a cervical spine injury. This disruption leads to vasodilation and an inability of the body to maintain adequate blood pressure. One of the key features of neurogenic shock is bradycardia, or a slower than normal heart rate. This occurs because the loss of sympathetic tone due to the injury inhibits the function of the heart's natural pacemaker, leading to decreased heart rate rather than the expected tachycardia that often accompanies other types of shock.

In neurogenic shock, the body's normal compensatory mechanisms, which would usually increase heart rate to compensate for low blood pressure, are impaired. This condition contrasts sharply with other forms of shock such as cardiogenic, obstructive, and hypovolemic, where an increased heart rate is more common as the body attempts to maintain perfusion and compensate for decreased cardiac output or volume.