Date Published

January 7, 2025

Updated For

ALS PCS Version ALS PCS Version 5.2

Question:

In the Deceased Patient Standard in the BLS, can you clarify what is meant by the term "gross" when it talks about a patient that is deceased with an open head or torso wound with gross outpouring of cranial or visceral contents?

Answer:

Used in this way, the term “gross” means “obvious” or “blatant”. 

Categories

Keywords

BLS-PCS, Obviously dead

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