drowning
Sign in to saveDrowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incidents. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance. After successful resuscitation, drowning victims may experience breathing problems, confusion, or unconsciousness. Occasionally, victims may not begin experiencing these symptoms until several hours after they are rescued. An incident of drowning can also cause further complicat
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Drowning is a type of suffocation that occurs when a person's mouth and nose are submerged in liquid, and it matters because most fatal drowning cases happen when victims are alone or when others nearby cannot help them. People who survive drowning may experience serious health problems like breathing difficulties and loss of consciousness, sometimes not appearing until hours after rescue.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Drowning
- Medical condition.image
- Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow 002.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Vasily Perov: The Drowned, 1867
- Medical condition.field
- Emergency medicine, Critical care medicine
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Event: Often occurs silently with a person found unconsciousAfter rescue: Breathing problems, confusion, unconsciousness
- Medical condition.complications
- Hypothermia, aspiration, acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Medical condition.onset
- Rapid
- Medical condition.risks
- Alcohol use, epilepsy, access to water, cold water shock, storms
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms
- Medical condition.differential
- Suicide, seizure, murder, hypoglycemia, heart arrhythmia
- Medical condition.prevention
Article
33 sectionsContents
- Risk factors
- Freediving
- Pathophysiology
- Oxygen deprivation
- Water aspiration
- Cold-water immersion
- Diagnosis
- Forensics
- Prevention
- Water safety
- Time limits
- Management
- Rescue
- Start and rescue methods from the ground
- Rescue by swimming
- First aid
- Medical care
- Prognosis
- Children
- Long-term effects of drowning in children
- Infant risk
- Epidemiology
- South Asia
- Africa
- United States
- Society and culture
- Old terminology
- Dry drowning
- Capital punishment
- Experience
- See also
- References
- External links
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incidents. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance. After successful resuscitation, drowning victims may experience breathing problems, confusion, or unconsciousness. Occasionally, victims may not begin experiencing these symptoms until several hours after they are rescued. An incident of drowning can also cause further complications for victims due to low body temperature, aspiration, or acute respiratory distress syndrome (respiratory failure from lung inflammation).
Drowning is more likely to happen when spending extended periods near large bodies of water. Risk factors for drowning include alcohol use, drug use, epilepsy, minimal swim training or a complete lack of training, and, in the case of children, a lack of supervision. Common drowning locations include natural and man-made bodies of water, bathtubs, and swimming pools.