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CEREBRAL SUPPORT FOR NEAR–DROWNED CHILDREN IN A TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT
Author(s) -
Wegener F. H.,
Edwards R. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb76943.x
Subject(s) - plea , medicine , near drowning , regimen , pediatrics , demography , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , surgery , political science , sociology , law
The case histories of three children who were admitted to Modbury Hospital after immersion accidents in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide during the period from November, 1978, to March, 1979, are presented. Hypothermia of moderate degree was found in one child. A Canadian treatment regimen is reviewed, and a plea made for a more vigorous management of the near–drowned victims of immersion accidents.