Dr. Hoffman Interview: Dry Drowning
Is your pool a death trap for your children?
DAILYSKEW: Dr. Hoffman, with the recent tragedy of a 10-year old child who drowned near Charleston, South Carolina last weekend, hours after he left his neighborhood swimming pool, many people are talking about DRY DROWNING. What is this and how long as this been going on?
DR. RICHARD HOFFMAN: Actually, this is not a new phenomena by any means. This has existed since man swam in the seas.
DS: I see…
RH: Yes, the so-called “dry drowning” occurs when too much water goes into the lungs. Say, you breathe in water through the nose in a swimming pool. You cough it out, and you didn’t drown, but you may still an hour later. Very sad.
DS: Wow! What can one do to prevent this?
RH: Get to the emergency room ASAP.
DS: I doubt they’d take me, though. I’d probably be sitting there for 3 hours and die on the spot.
RH: If the victim is complaining of difficulty breathing as you’re going home, being sleepy…those are the symptoms of a near-drowning. That patient needs to be taken right to the hospital. That person needs to be monitored and may need to be put on a ventilator in case their breathing gets worse. Initial drowning event damages the lungs and then, in response, the lungs fill up with fluid and that’s what event can kill you if you don’t get medical attention.
DS: Uh-huh..I’ve never known a child could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with water. That’s amazing.
RH: I treated a patient before who was the victim of a near-drowning, and initially checked out okay. Yet, two hours later, still at the hospital, her condition drastically dropped. Without the medical treatment, she very well could have become a drowning victim, herself.
DS: Okay, thanks, Doc.
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great this all we need.now every soccer mom is going to rush their snot-nosed spoiled brats to the hospital when they see the kid cough in the swimming pool.
I’m so glad this was discovered last weekend. Every doctor is on daytime talk shows talking about it now. Keep spreading the news.
It’s so nice that you have such concern for our children. Why even post anything? Just to be nasty, I guess.
I am glad to know that dry drowning usually happens after a near drowning incident. It makes me feel a little better and no, I won’t be rushing to the hospital if I see a cough.