Still Waters Posted May 17, 2012 #1 Share Posted May 17, 2012 A 60-year-old man fell into New York’s Long Island Sound, pulled himself out — and then died several hours later, apparently of drowning. Emergency doctors today called it a case of secondary drowning, something very unusual. http://abcnews.go.co...elf-from-water/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah snow Posted May 18, 2012 #2 Share Posted May 18, 2012 It's so sad to read this. When I was a newly-qualified lifeguard in the 1980s, we were made fully aware of this. People can seem fine, but they need to be looked after and very carefully monitored. Horrible thing to happen, for everyone involved :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldethyl Posted May 18, 2012 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2012 That's awful. It's like sudden pneumonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted May 18, 2012 #4 Share Posted May 18, 2012 That poor bloke just when he thought he made it.RIP Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted May 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Poor guy, I never heard of secondary drowning before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted May 19, 2012 #6 Share Posted May 19, 2012 aww this is sad:( to save yourself only to suffer and die later:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenEyes19 Posted May 19, 2012 #7 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Since I swim a lot and am also a bit of a hypochondriac I find this pretty scary. I hadn't even heard of it until two years ago. I read that it's possible for this to happen after inhaling a small amount of water. One time I accidently inhaled and swallowed a little water and several hours later I began feeling really tired, congested and started vomiting clear liquid. I fell asleep and fortunately was fine the next day. I really probably should've went to get checked out though to be safe. Edited May 19, 2012 by RavenEyes19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldethyl Posted May 19, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Since I swim a lot and am also a bit of a hypochondriac I find this pretty scary. I hadn't even heard of it until two years ago. I read that it's possible for this to happen after inhaling a small amount of water. One time I accidently inhaled and swallowed a little water and several hours later I began feeling really tired, congested and started vomiting clear liquid. I fell asleep and fortunately was fine the next day. I really probably should've went to get checked out though to be safe. That is scary. I'm glad I read this article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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