Presentation on drowning

23. Fig. mechanism of death in wet drowning

24. Fig. mechanism of death in fresh water drowning

25. Fig. mechanism of death in salt water drowning

26. Fig. mechanism of death in dry drowning

27. Fig. mechanism of death in immersion syndrome

28. Therefore typical signs of drowning are absent

35. Fig. Foam cap

36. Fig. Foam cap

38. Fig. Emphysema aquosum

39. Fig. Cut section of lung showing Pulmonary edema

45. Fig. Diatoms

46. Drowning may not produce extensive findings. In fact, in 10 to 15% of
cases, intense laryngospasm may even prevent water from entering the
lungs. In the case shown here, a child drowned in a fresh water canal, and
some of the plant material in the water was aspirated into a bronchus

49. Fig. Hemorrhages in the middle ears

52. AFR = African Region; AMR = Americas Region; EMR = Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR = European Region; SEAR = South-East Asian Region; WPR = Western
Pacific Region
† Rate per 100 000 people.

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