Drowning
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where... Wikipedia
- Specialty: Critical care medicine
- Symptoms: Event: Often occurs silently with a person found unconscious, After rescue: Breathing problems, vomiting, confusion, unconsciousness
- Usual onset: Rapid
- Risk factors: Alcohol use, epilepsy, access to water, cold water shock, storms
- Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms
- Differential diagnosis: Suicide, seizure, murder, hypoglycemia, heart arrhythmia
- Prevention: Fencing pools, teaching children to swim, safe boating practices
- Medication: Oxygen therapy, intravenous fluids, vasopressors
- Treatment: Rescue breathing, CPR, mechanical ventilation
- Frequency: 4.5 million (2015)
- Deaths: 324,000 (2016)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo