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Untold Stories of the ER

Ice Cold Mom

The screaming man A grown man calls 911 and screams incessantly for no obvious reason. The ice‑cold mother A young mother arrives alert but with a dangerously low body temperature (around 88°F). This “ice cold” state could indicate severe underlying illness, shock The boy who denies overdosing A young boy is suspected of overdosing on drugs, but he insists he did not take anything.