Drowning and Swimming Pools
Drowning
It’s always sad when you hear about a child drowning or when there was a person found dead around a bunch of water. There are many different ways to die but we will only be covering one of them in this essay and that would be drowning.
The definition of drowning is “death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia.” (Wikipedia)
Asphyxia means that there is not enough or lack completely thereof oxygen. A commonly known example of this would be something like choking. The actual medical definition of Hypoxia or hypoxiation “is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply.” (Wikipedia)
From what I have read in many articles there seems to be confusion on what drowning really is so there are two sub- category’s that pertain to that and those are distress and drowning.
Distress is when people are in trouble but can and are still staying afloat enough to call for help (which means they are also getting air) and also make movement to try and get themselves to safety.
Drowning is when the people have actually got themselves into a potentially harmful situation and are not getting enough air. These people are suffocating and are in immediate danger of losing consciousness.
Now that we have a understanding of what drowning really is there are 2 more sub- categories that pertain to the actual stage of drowning you may be in. These two stages are called passive drowning and active drowning.
Passive drowning is when someone has slipped unconscious or due to a medical problem is no longer aware of their surroundings. A great example of this would be someone who drove into a lake on accident and lost consciousness, or fell and got knocked unconscious in a puddle of water. You can drown in as little as 1 in. of water except in certain circumstances
It’s always sad when you hear about a child drowning or when there was a person found dead around a bunch of water. There are many different ways to die but we will only be covering one of them in this essay and that would be drowning.
The definition of drowning is “death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia.” (Wikipedia)
Asphyxia means that there is not enough or lack completely thereof oxygen. A commonly known example of this would be something like choking. The actual medical definition of Hypoxia or hypoxiation “is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply.” (Wikipedia)
From what I have read in many articles there seems to be confusion on what drowning really is so there are two sub- category’s that pertain to that and those are distress and drowning.
Distress is when people are in trouble but can and are still staying afloat enough to call for help (which means they are also getting air) and also make movement to try and get themselves to safety.
Drowning is when the people have actually got themselves into a potentially harmful situation and are not getting enough air. These people are suffocating and are in immediate danger of losing consciousness.
Now that we have a understanding of what drowning really is there are 2 more sub- categories that pertain to the actual stage of drowning you may be in. These two stages are called passive drowning and active drowning.
Passive drowning is when someone has slipped unconscious or due to a medical problem is no longer aware of their surroundings. A great example of this would be someone who drove into a lake on accident and lost consciousness, or fell and got knocked unconscious in a puddle of water. You can drown in as little as 1 in. of water except in certain circumstances
Citations: "Drowning." . N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning>. Wedro, B.. Drowning. N.p., 2011. Web. 8 Apr 2012. <http://www.emedicinehealth.com/drowning/article_em.htm>.