The Medical Team Is Assessing a Newly Admitted Patient Who

Multiple Choice

The medical team is assessing a newly admitted patient who is hypothermic following a night spent lost on a ski slope. The health care professionals would recognize that which of the following phenomena most likely contributed to minimizing the client's heat loss in a cold environment?

A) The high heat conductivity of subcutaneous tissue protected against core heat loss.
B) Increased blood flow to the outer shell prevented superficial freezing and loss of heat.
C) The tissue thickness of the outer shell increased and preserved heat.
D) Shell temperature dropped, minimizing the temperature variance between the core temperature and environmental temperature.