Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update

The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting practices for acute management and treatment of drowning in out-of-hospital and emergency medical care settings. Literature about definitions and terminology, epidemiology, rescue, resuscitation, acute clinical m...

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Published in:Wilderness & environmental medicine 2019-12, Vol.30 (4), p.S70-S86
Main Authors: Schmidt, Andrew C., Sempsrott, Justin R., Hawkins, Seth C., Arastu, Ali S., Cushing, Tracy A., Auerbach, Paul S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cold water submersion
Drowning - epidemiology
Drowning - prevention & control
Humans
Hypothermia
immersion
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Rescue Work
Resuscitation - methods
Societies, Medical
submersion
Wilderness Medicine - methods
Wilderness Medicine - standards
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Summary:The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting practices for acute management and treatment of drowning in out-of-hospital and emergency medical 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 first update to the original practice guidelines published in 2016.
ISSN:1080-6032
1545-1534
DOI:10.1016/j.wem.2019.06.007