RT Book, Section
A1 Tay, Khoon-Yen
A1 Nadel, Frances M.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146124183
T1 Drowning
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124183
RD 2024/04/24
AB In  the  past,  submersion  events  have  been  defined  in  various  ways  in  the  medical  literature.  The  lack  of  consistency  and  standardization  of  terms  makes  research  analysis  and  communication  in  the  field  difficult,  confusing,  and  imprecise.  In  2002,  the  International  Liaison  Committee  on  Resuscitation  (ILCOR)  approved  guidelines  for  definitions  and  reporting  of  data  related  to  drowning  developed  by  international  investigators  and  experts  in  the  field.1  Many  terms,  such  as,  “near  drowned”  which  previously  referred  to  survival  of  a  submersion  victim  for  longer  than  24  hours  as  well  as  “wet”  and  “dry  drowning”  were  abandoned.  According  to  ILCOR,  the  term  drowning  should  refer  to  a  process  resulting  in  primary  respiratory  impairment  from  submersion/immersion  in  a  liquid  medium.  Submersion  implies  the  entire  body,  including  the  airway  is  under  water,  while  immersion  merely  describes  being  covered  in  water.  The  term  drowned  continues  to  indicate  death  from  a  submersion/immersion  event.