Citation

Edwards ND, Timmins AC, Randalls B, Morgan GA, Simcock AD. Intensive Care Med. 1990; 16(5): 336-337.

Affiliation

Anaesthetic Department, Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2212263

Abstract

Some remarkable cases of full neurological recovery after cardiac arrest following immersion incidents have been intermittently reported in the journals over the years. These have largely been in children or teenagers who have fallen into extremely cold water. We report here two older adults who recovered completely after a period of cardiac arrest in cold water. Certainly, death should not be pronounced in cold water drowning, without a thermometer reading and ECG.

Language: en