You are treating a patient who was found by her mailbox in the snow. She may have slipped and fell on the ice, and struck her head because she is unconscious and very cold to the touch. Once in the ambulance, you check her core body temperature and it is below 80F. Because patients with extreme hypothermia may not reach biological death for over 30 minutes, the medical philosophy is:

You are treating a patient who was found by her mailbox in the snow. She may have slipped and fell on the ice, and struck her head because she is unconscious and very cold to the touch. Once in the ambulance, you check her core body temperature and it is below 80F. Because patients with extreme hypothermia may not reach biological death for over 30 minutes, the medical philosophy is:

You are treating a patient who was found by her mailbox in the snow. She may have slipped and fell on the ice, and struck her head because she is unconscious and very cold to the touch. Once in the ambulance, you check her core body temperature and it is below 80F. Because patients with extreme hypothermia may not reach biological death for over 30 minutes, the medical philosophy is:




a. if there is a pulse, start CPR
b. they are not dead until they're warm and dead
c. resuscitate for no longer than 30 minutes
d. always resuscitate very aggressively






Answer: B


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