Citation

Davis CA, Schmidt AC, Sempsrott JR, Hawkins SC, Arastu AS, Giesbrecht GG, Cushing TA. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2024; e10806032241227460.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/10806032241227460

PMID

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Abstract

The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting practices for acute management of drowning in out-of-hospital and emergency care settings. Literature about definitions and terminology, epidemiology, rescue, resuscitation, acute clinical management, disposition, and drowning prevention was reviewed. The panel graded available evidence supporting practices according to the American College of Chest Physicians criteria and then made recommendations based on that evidence. Recommendations were based on the panel's collective clinical experience and judgment when published evidence was lacking. This is the second update to the original practice guidelines published in 2016 and updated in 2019.

Language: en