Near-drowning

Encyclopedia of Medicine, Apr 06, 2001 by Howard Baker

The danger of alcohol and drug use around water is a point that requires special emphasis where teenagers are concerned. Teenagers can also benefit from CPR training and safe swimming and boating classes.

• Books
• Modell, Jerome H. "Drowning and Near-Drowning." In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, edited by Anthony S. Fauci, et al. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
• Piantadosi, Claude A. "Physical, Chemical, and Aspiration Injuries of the Lung." In Cecil Textbook of Medicine, edited by J. Claude Bennett and Fred Plum. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1996. Periodicals
• Bross, Michael H., and Jacquelyn L. Clark. "Near-Drowning." American Family Physician 51(May 1995): 1545 .
• Weinstein, Michael D., and Bruce P. Krieger. "Near-Drowning: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Initial Treatment." Journal of Emergency Medicine 14(1996): 461-467.