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Case Reports
. 1993 Jun;10(2):120-2.
doi: 10.1136/emj.10.2.120.

Successful resuscitation from sea water drowning

P F Mahoney  1 , L Williams, J I Andrews
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Case Reports

Successful resuscitation from sea water drowning

P F Mahoney et al. Arch Emerg Med. 1993 Jun.

Abstract

A case of a 24-year-old male who survived a near drowning despite suboptimal pre-hospital management is reported. The case illustrates the value of continuing resuscitative efforts even in the apparently dead drowning victim.

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