Department Blog
“Why are more Americans drowning?” is the title of an article published by health news site MDLinx that features clinical instructor Sarah Lee, MD, discussing emergency department resuscitations, evaluations, and monitoring of patients who are injured when they are submerged in water and can’t breathe. “Drowning incidents can happen quickly and quietly,” Dr. Lee noted. She recommends actions to prevent drowning that include learning to swim -- at any age -- wearing a life jacket, and using the buddy system so someone can alert others about a distressed or injured swimmer.