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⟩ Tell me how to treat a patient who is drowned in water?

You can treat a patient with

• Continue resuscitation as required or intubate if unconscious

• Supply oxygen

• Treat hypothermia, hypoglycaemia, seizures, hypovolemia and hypotension

• Observe the patient for at least 6 hours if it is awake as pulmonary oedema may occur within four hours

• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), intubation and mechanical ventilation with high positive end-expiratory pressure

• Dialysis of renal failure

• Prophylactic antibiotics if patient drown in contaminated water

• Nasogastric tube & Catheter if needed

• Hyperbaric oxygen, artificial surfactant and nitrous oxide

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