DROWNING

Course overview

DROWNING IS DEFINED AS A PROCESS OF EXPERIENCING RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT FROM SUBMERSION/IMMERSION IN A LIQUID MEDIUM. TO DELINEATE THE INCIDENT'S OUTCOME, THIS IS FURTHER DIVIDED INTO DESCRIPTIVE TERMS SUCH AS DEATH, MORBIDITY, AND NO MORBIDITY. WET DROWNING, DRY DROWNING, AND NEAR-DROWNING ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TERMS, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY STILL BE USED WHEN DISCUSSING DROWNING. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS WHEN THIS CONDITION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, ARTICULATES HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE FOR THIS CONDITION, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.