A 63-Year-Old Man With Frostbite

A 63-year-old man with a long history of psychiatric illness, alcohol abuse, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and homelessness was found midwinter lying in a snow bank unresponsive at approximately 0530 in the morning. The ambient temperature that night was −8°F. Video cameras recorded the patient in a nearby garage staggering around the local area for several hours. Emergency medical services was called, and he was brought to a local emergency department where his core temperature was recorded to be 26°C.