NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Algor mortis is translated from Latin as “cold death” and describes the postmortem temperature change after someone has died. After death, individuals no longer produce body heat or cooling mechanisms and the decedent temperature slowly approaches ambient temperature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the heat conduction which leads to body cooling follows an exponential decay curve, it can be approximated as a linear process: 2 °C during the first hour and 1 °C per hour until the body nears ambient temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -ALGOR MORTIS-the temperature of death!!! Gradual cooling of the animal body after death, and is associated with a fall in ATP. It’s one of the first signs of death! Algor mortis cools down at about a hour after death, the body begin to cool down at the rate of 0.78C/h.