SAQ 787 – Environmental – severe hypothermia with shock

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An 80-year-old woman with hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and depression is brought from home after being found lethargic. She is hypotensive, bradycardic, hypothermic and hypoxic with reduced GCS.

List four (4) differential diagnoses for this presentation.

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Observation Value
BP 70/50 mmHg
HR 40 bpm
Temperature 31.0 C
O2 saturation 80% on FiO2 0.40
GCS 10 (E3 V2 M5)


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State four (4) important management steps.

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In general, list four (4) important considerations when resuscitating a hypothermic patient.

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