Hypothermia

Severe hypothermia is anything below 86 degrees fahrenheit. Perforal profusion in these situations is going to be substantially impaired, an make vital signs very difficult to detect. A v fib i still, it is possible, even in the moderate hypothermic patient,. That spontaneous v fib thatis actually caused by increased stimulus or physical disturbance, like rocking your patient back and forth can spontaneously go into v fib cause you do have increased irritability of cardiac tissue.