You have responded to a "man down" call one winter morning. Upon arrival, you find an elderly male patient lying parallel to the sidewalk, in a bank of shoveled snow. It appears as if the man was walking and either tripped or fell into the snowbank. The patient is in cardiac arrest. In this scenario, which finding would NOT be considered a presumptive sign of death?

A) Closed eyes
B) No pupillary response
C) Low body temperature
D) Absent reflexes


C) Low body temperature

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