RT Book, Section
A1 Okada, Pamela J.
A1 Baker, M. Douglas
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6721647
T1 Chapter 117. Submersion Injury
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6721647
RD 2022/08/19
AB Submersion  injury  is  a  major  public  health  problem  and  accounts  for  more  than  half  a  million  deaths  annually  worldwide.1  It  is  the  second  most  common  cause  of  unintentional  death  in  the  United  States  for  children  between  ages  1  and  19  years  (Fig.  117-1),  second  only  to  motor  vehicle  crashes.  In  2002,  there  were  3447  unintentional  submersion  deaths  in  the  United  States,  averaging  9  people  per  day.3  Of  these,  1158  (34%)  were  children.  It  is  estimated  that  for  each  submersion  death,  there  are  up  to  four  children  who  receive  emergency  medical  care  for  nonfatal  submersion  injuries.  More  than  40%  of  these  children  are  hospitalized  and  20%  of  the  survivors  suffer  permanent  disability.