Citation

Simcock AD. Anaesthesia 1986; 41(6): 643-648.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3728937

Abstract

This paper reviews the management and clinical course of patients after rescue from near drowning. Those with adequate ventilation on arrival at hospital had an excellent prognosis. The prognosis of those patients with inadequate ventilation, or who have suffered cardiac arrest, depends on rapid assessment and the institution of vigorous resuscitative measures. The medical management of all types of patients is reviewed in detail, the results tabulated and complications discussed.

Language: en