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