At 9:54

a. m., a patient's temperature was 101.5 degrees. At 10:41, the nurse took the patient's temperature again and found it was 105.8 degrees, the highest ever recorded. How long did it take for the patient's temperature to reach this record high?

It took 47 minutes for the patient's fever to reach a temperature of 105.8 degrees. This is a dangerous temperature, that has a strong potential of causing brain damage. The patient must have been very ill. They probably should have been monitored more closely and given fever reducing drugs.