Citation

Layon AJ, Modell JH, Warner DS, Warner MA. Anesthesiology 2009; 110(6): 1390-1401.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181a4c3b8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Over the past four decades, we have learned considerably more about the pathophysiology and treatment of drowning. This, coupled with increased emphasis in improvement in water safety and resuscitation, has produced a threefold decrease in the number of deaths, indexed to population, from drowning in the United States yearly. This review presents the current status of our knowledge of the epidemiology, the pathophysiology of drowning and its treatment, updates the definitions of drowning and the drowning process, and makes suggestions for further improvement in water safety.

Language: en