grammatically correct?

[ilovemarkb]

Upon arrival to recovery observations were commenced immediately. Patient B presented with a core body temperature of 35.5⁰c

does this sentence make sense please????

[factor-fiction]

The first sentence isn't grammatically correct. There is no subject for a start. Upon whose arrival?

[Old_Geezer]

Many sentences folk write are grammatically incorrect but I can still make sense of most of them.

[ilovemarkb]

yes I knew it didn't sound correct! It was patient B that arrived

[Prudie]

I'd say it was correct if recovery were a place (noun). To make that clear I'd put;
Upon arrival at Recovery, observations were commenced immediately.

[ilovemarkb]

So it would start..... Upon patient B's arrival to recovery..........

?????

[Sqad]

That temperature indicates an impending chance of serious hypothermia.......I would need to know more about the circumstances.

Grammatically correct? ...yepp seems all right to me.

[ilovemarkb]

oh thanks prudie

[Mamyalynne]

'at recovery room/ward' sounds better

[boxtops]

I agree with Prudie - it's odd, but it's not incorrect if you punctuate it.

[MarkRae]

Is 'recovery' a physical place, as Lynne suggests, or a description of the patient's condition? If the former, then whilst grammatically correct in its rawest, it's not common English since we would generally arrive *at* places rather than *to* places.

[ilovemarkb]

sqad!! I am doing a case study on a patient who was hypothermic upon arrival in recovery. I then have to use the nursing process ( assess, plan, implement and evaluate) the patients care (only for the hypothermia and only in recovery) NICE guideline recommends using a bair hugger. I also must state the impact that this body temp has on a human body :-)

[slaney]

Something like..
When Patient B arrived in the Recovery Unit, observations were commenced immediately. The core body temperature was 35.5 C.

[ludwig]

Strictly speaking probably not, but it's a kind of shorthand note taking form of grammar isn't it? The kind of thing that's perfectly acceptable on a medical report that is intended to convey key facts quickly and isn't going up for the Booker prize or something.

The only thing I'd query is the use of 'to' before recovery. I assume recovery is a place in hospital, so 'in' or 'at' would be better.

[boxtops]

So were's "in recovery" - is it a place, or a clinical condition in this scenario?

[maggiebee]

I would have said "Upon arrival at recovery, patient B presented with a core body temperature of 35.5ºc. Observations were commenced immediately."

[ilovemarkb]

oh my goodness I really need help with my grammar!! So basically my sentance is utter tosh!! recovery is a physical place (like a ward)

[Sqad]

Ilove....as it was in Body and Soul I took the question to be of medical basis and that explains my answer.

As it seems to be a grammatical problem, mainly, I will " butt out" and leave it to the pundits.

[slaney]

"Recovery" is used as medical shorthand for Recovery Unit or Area.

[MarkRae]

"Upon arrival in recovery, observations began immediately and Patient B had a core body temperature of 35.5⁰c."

[Baldric]

Arrival AT or IN not TO.