TY  - JOUR
TT  - AN EVALUATION OF CASES OF DROWNING PRESENTING TO THE KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
AU  - Tatlı, Özgür
AU  - Erol, Yasin
AU  - Dilaver, İrem
AU  - Topbaş, Murat
PY  - 2017
DA  - June
JF  - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety
JO  - turjoem
PB  - Engin TUTKUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-4711
SP  - 335
EP  - 340
VL  - 2
IS  - 1(3)
KW  - AN EVALUATION OF CASES OF DROWNING PRESENTING TO THE KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
N2  -  AimTo perform a descriptive study of presentations of drowning to theemergency department using demographic and clinical parameters. Method In this retrospective study, demographic and clinical data for casespresenting to the Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty Adult EmergencyDepartment due to drowning in 2007-2017 were recorded from patients’ records.Conclusions and statistical data are presented. Results  Drowning was most common among males (74.5%), at age 30 or less (59.6%),in summer (76.6%) and in salt waters (85.1%). Eleven patients from the 47 casesdied. In terms of mortality, no difference was determined between drowning insalt or fresh water, male and female gender, ability or inability to swim, agebelow or over 30 or between the seasons (p > 0.05).    Conclusion:The findings from this study show that drowning is most common amongmales, at age 30 or below, in the summer months and in salt water. The mainreasons for the higher level of drownings in salt water may be that people inTrabzon prefer to swim in the sea, the lack of large expanses of agriculturalland, water channels and ponds not generally being used for irrigation,swimming pools lacking popularity and not being widely available, and that dueto its rather unusual natural character the Black Sea is relatively less wellsuited to swimming than other seas. Keywords: Emergency, drowning, demographics, salt water, fresh water, BlackSea 
CR  - Yrd. Doç. Dr. Özgür TATLI*, Arş. Gör. Dr. Yasin EROL*, Arş. Gör. Dr. İrem DİLAVER**, Prof. Dr. Murat TOPBAŞ**
CR  - *Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty Emergency Department 
** Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty Public Health Department
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//328388
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/349692
ER  -