Pediatric Drowning & Submersion Injuries

Pediatric drowning and submersion events remain a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in children. Let's review the important aspects of pediatric submersion injury management.

Pediatric drowning and submersion events remain a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in children. Let's review the important aspects of pediatric submersion injury management.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer is in full swing! Naturally, as we celebrate with out families, we know the number of pediatric injuries we care for in our EDs will increase significantly. One that we unfortunately…