JEM Letter to The Editor

Here is our Letter to The Editor that will be published in The Journal of Emergency Medicine bringing attention to the misuse of the dated term "near-drowning".  (click link below to view)

Near Drowning and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

More information on the definition of drowning and correct terminology can be found here:

Drowning terminology: not what it used to be

Reference:

Schmidt A, Sempsrott J. Near drowning and adult respiratory distress syndrome [Letter to Editor]. J Emerg Med. 2014. (Online)