SAQ 581 – Environmental – severe accidental hypothermia

Marked out of 12.00

A 72-year-old woman is brought by ambulance in mid-winter after a neighbour found her collapsed on the floor of her unheated unit. She was acutely confused, incontinent of urine, and unable to get up.

Observation Result
Blood pressure 90/60 mmHg
Heart rate 55/min
Respiratory rate 10/min
SpO2 95% room air
Temperature 29 C

List four (4) ECG findings expected in this patient.

(Marked out of 4.0)


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List four (4) rewarming methods you would use.

(Marked out of 4.0)


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List four (4) complications that may occur during rewarming.

(Marked out of 4.0)


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Total Score: 0 / 12

Percentage: 0%