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  2. Drowning - Wikipedia

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    As a medical condition, "dry drowning" has never had an accepted definition, and the term is discredited. [130] [131] Following the 2002 World Congress on Drowning in Amsterdam, a consensus definition of drowning was established: it is the "process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid."

  3. 'Dry drowning' isn't a real medical term. Using it is ... - AOL

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    "Dry drowning" isn't a legitimate medical term, but warnings about it are all over the internet. Here's what you need to know. 'Dry drowning' isn't a real medical term.

  4. What is 'dry drowning'? And do you need to be concerned ... - AOL

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    What parents need to look out for after their child suffers a brief immersion or water submersion, according to an emergency room doctor.

  5. What parents need to know about dry and secondary drowning - AOL

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    Dry and delayed drowning is very rare, accounting only for about 2% of drowning cases. Simply knowing it is a possibility, however uncommon, is critical. Getting prompt medical care if you are ...

  6. Your mobile phone won't give you brain cancer, superyacht ...

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    As Yahoo Life previously reported, the term “dry drowning” is really a misnomer. “By definition, drowning has to involve a liquid — it can’t be dry,” Dr. Christopher San Miguel ...

  7. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.

  8. Waterboarding - Wikipedia

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    Techniques using forcible drowning to extract information had hitherto been referred to as "water torture", "water treatment", "water cure" or simply "torture". [ 8 ] [ 15 ] Professor Darius Rejali of Reed College , author of Torture and Democracy (2007), speculates that the term waterboarding probably has its origin in the need for a euphemism .

  9. Symptoms of dry drowning every parent should know - AOL

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    You may think your child is safe once he or she leaves the water -- but for some, fatalities can occur even 24 hours after swimming.