Re:Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler?
by tptacek on Thursday July 20, 2017 @12:19PM
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Wait, he didn't say "this link says there's no such thing as dry drowning". He said he was told to take his daughter to the doctor over suspected dry drowning, actually did so, and the doctor got upset because there's no such thing as dry drowning.
His doctor contradicted you, and the advice you gave at the end of your comment. Are you also a doctor?
Re:Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler?
by darkerside on Thursday July 20, 2017 @05:43PM
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I implicitly trust most of what I hear from a doctor, even when it defies intuition. But I have much less trust for what I hear secondhand, i.e. when someone says "my doctor said". There's simply too great a likelihood for signal corruption along the way. Patients can fail to communicate context to their doctors, miss subtleties in the communication back, and fail to relay context once again when they relate their stories to other lay folk. And no, I am not a doctor :)
No shit swallowing water is not the same as aspirating [breathing] it and nobody said it was!
"And I’m pretty sure everyone understands that a child who is down in the water, gets pulled out, and requires resuscitation needs immediate medical attention, even if they seem to recover." - No, they might not!!! And that's the point!!!
The takeaway is:
If someone has a serious near-drowning episode they should seek medical attention even if they appear fine.
If someone exhibits symptoms listed after aspirating water, they should seek medical attention.