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Drowning and near-drowning
Richard E Moon1, Robert J Long
1Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710, USA. moon0002@mc.duke.edu
Emergency Medicine (Fremantle, W.A.)
|January 22, 2003
Abstract:
Water immersion is a frequent cause of accidental death and hospital admission. This article outlines the pathogenesis and principles of treatment. Drowning is defined as death by asphyxia due to submersion in a liquid medium. Near-drowning is defined as immediate survival after asphyxia due to submersion.