Near drowning
Definition
"Near drowning" means a person almost died from not being able to breathe (suffocating) under water.
Near drowning Symptoms
Review Date: 01/15/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
"Near drowning" means a person almost died from not being able to breathe (suffocating) under water.
If a person has been rescued from a near-drowning situation, quick first aid and medical attention are very important.
Overview & Considerations ...
Near Drowning Overview
Near drowning occurs when someone inhales fluids such as water. Symptoms may result from inhaling the fluid or by the reflexive spasm of the voice box.
First Aid for Near Drowning
First Aid Kit
Fit (Seizure)
Foreign Body in the Eye
Fractured Jaw (Broken OR Dislocated Jaw)
Frostbite
Frozen Fingers, Toes, OR Nose (Frostbite)
Head Injury
Heat Hyperpyrexia (Heat Emergencies) ...
Lack of oxygen - called anoxic brain injury (for example, injury caused by a near drowning).
Physical injury - such as an impact to the head, which may occur in car or sporting accidents, fights or falls.
Children, teenagers and young adults with unexplained fainting, unexplained near drownings or other accidents, unexplained seizures or a history of cardiac arrest ...
Was there a history of electrocution, near drowning, or hypothermia?
Does individual take anti-arrhythmia drugs?
Did individual lose consciousness?
Did witnesses see individual grab his or her chest or left arm before falling to the floor?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many emergencies, including heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.
Near drowning.
Inhalation of toxins and other irritants such as smoke.
Lung injury and bruising.
Oxygen toxicity.
Fat embolism- Where bubbles of fat travel through the bloodstream and block off airways.
Systemic conditions ...
Deprivation of oxygen such as a difficult birth or a near drowning
Illness or disease such as a stroke causing a lack of oxygen to the brain
Brain damage due to an infective process, swelling or in rare cases due to a tumor.
Sudden injury due to a motor vehicle accident, burns or smoke inhalation, near drowning, deep or large wound, etc.
Sudden, severe pain anywhere in the body
Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change in vision ...
Cardiac arrhythmias, carbon monoxide toxicity, near drowning, near suffocation, stroke, vasculitis
Head trauma*
Birth injury, blunt or penetrating injuries ...
Intravaginal Administrations, Intraventricular Pressure, IV Drug User, Joint Instability, Leukemia Virus II, Human T Cell, Limit-Setting Sleep Disorders, Low Fertility Population, Magnesium Ascorbicum, Movements, Choreic, Near Drowning, Neuritis, ...
Illnesses (such as chickenpox, whooping cough, and measles)
Exposure to lead, mercury, and other toxins
Head injury or near drowning
Social factors, such as child stimulation and adult responsiveness
Educational deficiencies ...
Trauma, such as a blow to the chest, inhaling toxic fumes, near drowning or inhaling vomit can cause this condition. Other causes include blood transfusions and pancreatitis.
You're at risk for having LQTS if anyone in your family has ever had it. Unexplained fainting or seizures, drowning or near drowning, or unexplained sudden death are all possible signs of LQTS.
drug overdose
bacterial infection in the blood (sepsis)
pneumonia
aspiration, which can happen if you breathe in the contents of your stomach
near drowning
breathing in poisons
multiple blood transfusions
severe trauma (injury).
most common predisposing conditions: o Infection - Pneumonia of any etiology (especially viral) and systemic sepsis (especially gram negative) o Shock - Any type, particularly septic and traumatic shock o Aspiration - Gastric contents, near drowning, ...
Infection - Pneumonia of any etiology and systemic sepsis (especially gram negative)
Aspiration - Gastric contents, near drowning, and toxic inhalation
Drug overdose
Viral pneumonias
Toxic inhalations
Fracture of the long bones ...
lead to ARDS are very diverse and include breathing in vomited stomach contents (aspiration), inhalation of smoke or fumes toxic to the lungs, widespread infection of the lungs as in bilateral pneumonia, sepsis (bloodstream infection), near drowning, ...
" It accounts for 1% to 3% of all paediatric intensive care admissions, with a mortality of about 50%. The most frequent causes in childhood are sepsis, near drowning, near-strangulation, pneumonia (Fig.1) and smoke inhalation.
 See also: Drowning, Symptom, Injury, Emergency, Trauma
  
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