Patient Trapped on Roof of Illinois Hospital Dies of Hypothermia, Vista East Medical Center, Chelsea Adolphus, American Healthcare Systems

New details were released after a woman died after being found unresponsive on the roof of a Waukegan hospital.

A woman found unresponsive on a roof at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan wearing only her hospital gown died of hypothermia, according to preliminary findings released Monday by Lake County

Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was missing for nearly seven hours before she was discovered on the roof of Vista Medical Center East wearing only a medical gown last week.

While everyone feels the cold, an expert said that feeling is doing more to our bodies — with concerns to be aware of beyond hypothermia.

Freezing winds are expected to remain in the area until Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday morning are expected to be the coldest periods of the stretch. Monday's high will be 10 and the low minus 6. Tuesday's high will be 5 and the low minus 1,

The arctic air will persist through at least Wednesday morning. Early Tuesday morning, wind chill readings ranged from -20 to -35 degrees, with colder wind chills for areas north and west of the city. With wind chills, this dangerously cold, frostbite, and hypothermia could happen on exposed skin within 30 minutes or less.

A 28-year-old patient dressed only in a medical gown and found unresponsive on the roof of a Chicago-area medical center died of hypothermia as a result of cold exposure, according to the ...