Near Drowning : Complications
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Complications could include:
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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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An acute upper airway obstruction is a blockage of the upper airway, which can be in the trachea, laryngeal (voice box), or pharyngeal (throat) areas.
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Aspiration pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs and bronchial tubes due to breathing in a foreign material.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of physical trauma to the head causing damage to the brain. This damage can be focal, or restricted to a single area of the brain, or diffuse, affecting more than one region of the brain.
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Hypothermia is dangerously low body temperature, below 95?F (35?C.
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Hypothermia, a potentially fatal condition, occurs when body temperature falls below 95 ? F (35 ? C). Although hypothermia is an obvious danger for people living in cold climates, many cases have occurred when the air temperature is well above the freezing mark.
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Hypoxia generally refers to a lack of oxygen in any part of the body. In a neurological context, it refers to a reduction of oxygen to the brain despite adequate amounts of blood.
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Lack of oxygen to the brain. When the cells of the brain receive little or no oxygen, irreversible damage is often the result.
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Unconsciousness is when a person is unable to respond to people and activities. Often, this is called a coma or being in a comatose state. Other changes in awareness can occur without becoming unconscious. Medically, these are called "altered mental status" or "changed mental status." They include sudden confusion, disorientation, or stupor. Unconsciousness and any other SUDDEN change in mental status must be treated as a medical emergency. If someone is awake but less alert than usual, ask a few simple questions, such as: What is your name; What is the date; How old are you. Wrong answers or an inability to answer suggest a change in mental status.
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