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3.14.1 - Drowning

from Section 3.14 - Environmental Injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Drowning is a leading global killer of children and young adults.

  2. 2. Outcomes from drowning are uncertain, principally determined by the time of cerebral anoxia, and not the extent of pulmonary aspiration and soiling.

  3. 3. Trauma should be considered as a potential cause or consequence of drowning; hence, protective C-spine measures should be considered.

  4. 4. Rescue breaths should be administered to both adult and paediatric drowned patients with or without spontaneous circulation.

  5. 5. Hypothermia is commonplace in drowned patients and should be managed with active rewarming to 34°C.

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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
, pp. 415 - 417
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References and Further Reading

Layon, AJ, Modell, JH. Drowning update 2009. Anesthesiology 2009;110:1390–40.Google ScholarPubMed
World Health Organization. WHO Global Report on Drowning: preventing a leading killer. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.Google Scholar

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