Date: 18/06/2017 12:35:16
From: Rule 303
ID: 1080181
Subject: If it floats, it's a Witch
Everything you never needed to know about the facts and description of drowning:
Everything you never needed to know about the facts and description of drowning:
Rule 303 said:
Everything you never needed to know about the facts and description of drowning:
Interesting, I’ve always interpreted a “drowning” to mean a fatality.
> 3. Nonfatal drownings of this sort are common. Cases where a person has minimal symptoms after a drowning incident, such as cough, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), or confusion, are far more common than fatal drownings. It is often quoted in the media that this type of drowning is rare, but that is incorrect. It is actually the most common presentation of drowning. It is estimated that there are five nonfatal drownings for every fatal drowning in children.
Bubblecar said:
Rule 303 said:
Everything you never needed to know about the facts and description of drowning:Interesting, I’ve always interpreted a “drowning” to mean a fatality.
> 3. Nonfatal drownings of this sort are common. Cases where a person has minimal symptoms after a drowning incident, such as cough, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), or confusion, are far more common than fatal drownings. It is often quoted in the media that this type of drowning is rare, but that is incorrect. It is actually the most common presentation of drowning. It is estimated that there are five nonfatal drownings for every fatal drowning in children.
That ties in with what I’ve heard about loss of consciousness due to lack of oxygen in the brain occurring long before the loss of oxygen becomes deadly.
One magician drowned live on TV, the emergency crew had to be sent down to save him, but he was OK afterwards.
It also ties in with the necessity for immediate artificial respiration first aid following a drowning incident.
Rule 303 said:
Everything you never needed to know about the facts and description of drowning:
Excellent little article. Everyone should read it.