How many times have you heard it? You arrive on scene to a cardiac arrest, and someone—a bystander, or even a well-meaning colleague—declares, "The body is still warm! We have to do CPR!" It's a common phrase, often uttered with the best intentions, either as a justification for starting resuscitation or as an estimation of time of death. But in the world of prehospital emergency medicine, relying on subjective body temperature is a dangerous misconception. At Torch EMS, we'r