TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Drowning Incidents A1 - Heitz, Corey R. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari PY - 2014 T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine AB - Drowning is defined as the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid.Consider that drowning may have resulted from a primary medical or traumatic insult.Treatment is largely supportive and stabilizing.Patients who present and remain asymptomatic for 6 hours may be discharged from the emergency department. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101227777 ER -