PEDIATRICS Vol. 86 No. 4 October 1990, pp. 625-626
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Prehospital Care for Victims of Submersion

MARTHA BUSHORE MD1

1 Good Samaritan Hospital, PO Box 3166, Flagler Drive at Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33402-3166

In this issue of Pediatrics is a study1 that represents a milestone in the growth and development of Emergency Medical Services for Children systems. Linda Quan and co-workers provide us with a study of victims of submersion who were less than 20 years of age and who received care during a 10-years interval in an Emergency Medical Services unit and required hospitalization or died. Because the majority of these submersions occurred in the urban setting of King Country with the rapid response of Emergency Medical Services units and reliable recording of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) data, the study results are impressively complete.

Submitted on May 18, 1990
Accepted on May 24, 1990