Near Drowning : Causes
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Causes could include:
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Accidental submersion in bath
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Recreation submersion accident
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Leaving small children unattended around bathtubs and pools; Drinking alcohol while boating or swimming; Inability to swim or panic while swimming; Falling through thin ice; Blows to the head or seizures while in the water; Attempted suicide.
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Near-drowning is the term for survival after suffocation caused by submersion in water or another fluid. Some experts exclude from this definition cases of temporary survival that end in death within 24 hours, which they prefer to classify as drow...
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