Childhood Drowning and Near-Drowning in the United States

Pediatric Drowning

“…In relation to gender differences, most boys drowned in open water, with lakes, rivers, and ponds the most common sites, whereas most girls drowned in pools around the home and tended to be younger. A similar relationship between gender and site has been reported previously, 3,4,9,11,21 and is thought to relate to the innate differences in exploratory behavior between boys and girls. 6 In the present series, the majority of cases had some form of attempted resuscitation following the drowning episode (84%).…”

Pediatric Drowning

“…In relation to gender differences, most boys drowned in open water, with lakes, rivers, and ponds the most common sites, whereas most girls drowned in pools around the home and tended to be younger. A similar relationship between gender and site has been reported previously, 3,4,9,11,21 and is thought to relate to the innate differences in exploratory behavior between boys and girls. 6 In the present series, the majority of cases had some form of attempted resuscitation following the drowning episode (84%).…”

Demographic Factors and Their Association with Outcomes in Pediatric Submersion Injury

“…We observed the bimodal distribution previously reported, 3,21 with 118 (44%) being discharged home and 125 (47%) dying. Those discharged home with IV therapy or with availability of a home health aide, or discharged to a facility for continuing care, constituted much smaller numbers ( Figure 2).…”

Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003

“…Ellis and Trent5 studied pediatric and adult age groups in California in 1995 and obtained a rate of 2.8 per 100 000. Our overall hospitalization rate was 3.6 per 100 000 for males and 2.0 per 100 000 for females, which are both lower than previously published estimates 5 15. NCIPC estimated a rate of 3.9 per 100 000 for males and 1.6 per 100 000 for females in 2003 1…”

“…Sources: Wintemute15; Quan et al 17; US Consumer Product Safety Commission21; Stevenson et al 22; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention 24…”

Pediatric Drowning

“…In relation to gender differences, most boys drowned in open water, with lakes, rivers, and ponds the most common sites, whereas most girls drowned in pools around the home and tended to be younger. A similar relationship between gender and site has been reported previously, 3,4,9,11,21 and is thought to relate to the innate differences in exploratory behavior between boys and girls. 6 In the present series, the majority of cases had some form of attempted resuscitation following the drowning episode (84%).…”

Demographic Factors and Their Association with Outcomes in Pediatric Submersion Injury

“…We observed the bimodal distribution previously reported, 3,21 with 118 (44%) being discharged home and 125 (47%) dying. Those discharged home with IV therapy or with availability of a home health aide, or discharged to a facility for continuing care, constituted much smaller numbers ( Figure 2).…”

Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003

“…Ellis and Trent5 studied pediatric and adult age groups in California in 1995 and obtained a rate of 2.8 per 100 000. Our overall hospitalization rate was 3.6 per 100 000 for males and 2.0 per 100 000 for females, which are both lower than previously published estimates 5 15. NCIPC estimated a rate of 3.9 per 100 000 for males and 1.6 per 100 000 for females in 2003 1…”

“…Sources: Wintemute15; Quan et al 17; US Consumer Product Safety Commission21; Stevenson et al 22; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention 24…”

Pediatric Drowning

“…In relation to gender differences, most boys drowned in open water, with lakes, rivers, and ponds the most common sites, whereas most girls drowned in pools around the home and tended to be younger. A similar relationship between gender and site has been reported previously, 3,4,9,11,21 and is thought to relate to the innate differences in exploratory behavior between boys and girls. 6 In the present series, the majority of cases had some form of attempted resuscitation following the drowning episode (84%).…”

Demographic Factors and Their Association with Outcomes in Pediatric Submersion Injury

“…We observed the bimodal distribution previously reported, 3,21 with 118 (44%) being discharged home and 125 (47%) dying. Those discharged home with IV therapy or with availability of a home health aide, or discharged to a facility for continuing care, constituted much smaller numbers ( Figure 2).…”

Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003

“…Ellis and Trent5 studied pediatric and adult age groups in California in 1995 and obtained a rate of 2.8 per 100 000. Our overall hospitalization rate was 3.6 per 100 000 for males and 2.0 per 100 000 for females, which are both lower than previously published estimates 5 15. NCIPC estimated a rate of 3.9 per 100 000 for males and 1.6 per 100 000 for females in 2003 1…”

“…Sources: Wintemute15; Quan et al 17; US Consumer Product Safety Commission21; Stevenson et al 22; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention 24…”