Author: Aine Keating / Editor: Steve Corry-Bass / Reviewer: Rebecca Ford / Codes: / Published: 21/09/2020 / Reviewed: 18/07/2024
The standby phone goes … An unknown female in her thirties was found at the bottom of a mountain, her GCS is 12/15, and temperature was unrecordable .
The patient arrives in the department her GCS is 10/15 (E1 V4 M5), HR 44, BP 70/40, tympanic temperature reading is unrecordable and she is cold to touch. After initial primary survey and IV access is gained, she becomes unresponsive and goes into cardiac arrest.
The patient is unidentified so no past medical history or background history is available.
