Increased heartrate is a symptom, which means that it isn’t fatal and doesn’t cause any other afflictions, unless it is slowly increasing, which means that you are undergoing fibrillation.
Caused by:
- Acidosis (20% or more)
- Sepsis (20% or more)
- Blood Loss (40% or more)
- Pneumothorax (30% or more)
- Withdrawal (alcohol withdrawal, 75% or more)
- Fibrillation
- Adrenaline