#drowning in Ink

[thoughts-left-unspoke]

[stiinken]

LET NEPTUNE STRIKE YE DEAD, WINSLOW!

[berlingotesque]

Average Bendy enjoyer experience right now.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Drowning

Drowning - death due to submersion in liquid (usually water) long enough to prevent oxygenation of the blood.

Near-drowning - the term for survival after suffocation caused by submersion in water or another fluid.

Some experts classify as drowning those cases of temporary survival that end in death within 24 hours.

A reduced concentration of oxygen in the blood (hypoxemia) is common to all near-drownings. Human life depends on a constant supply of oxygen-laden air reaching the blood by way of the lungs.

When drowning begins, the larynx (the air passage in the throat) closes involuntarily, preventing both air and water from entering the lungs.

In 10–15% of cases, hypoxemia results because the larynx stays closed. This is called ‘‘dry drowning.’’

Hypoxemia also occurs in ‘‘wet drowning,’’ the 85–90% of cases where the larynx relaxes and water enters the lungs.

The physiological mechanisms that produce hypoxemia in wet drowning are different for freshwater and saltwater, but only a small amount of either kind of water is needed to damage the lungs and interfere with the body’s oxygen intake.

All of this happens very quickly:

Within 3 minutes of submersion, most people are unconscious.

Within 5 minutes the brain begins to suffer from lack of oxygen.

Abnormal heart rhythms (cardiac dysrhythmias) often occur in near-drowning cases.

The heart may stop pumping (cardiac arrest).

An increase in blood acidity (acidosis) is another consequence of near-drowning.

Under some circumstances, near drowning can cause a substantial increase or decrease in the volume of circulating blood.

Many victims experience a severe drop in body temperature (hypothermia). Hypothermia sometimes can have a protective effect on the brain, so survival after prolonged cold immersion is occasionally possible.

Some Symptoms

The signs & symptoms of near-drowning can differ widely from person to person.

Some victims are alert but agitated, while others are comatose.

Breathing may have stopped, or the victim may be gasping for breath.

Bluish skin (cyanosis),

coughing,

and frothy pink sputum (material expelled from the respiratory tract by coughing) are often observed.

Rapid breathing (tachypnea),

a rapid heart rate (tachycardia), and

a low-grade fever are common during the first few hours after rescue.

Conscious victims may appear confused, lethargic, or irritable.

Treatment

Treatment begins with removing the victim from the water and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if there is no breathing or pulse.

One purpose of CPR is to bring oxygen to the lungs, heart, brain, and other organs by breathing into the victim’s mouth.

When the victim’s heart has stopped, CPR also attempts to get the heart pumping again by pressing down on the victim’s chest.

Oxygen is administered to the victim as soon as possible.

If the victim’s breathing has stopped or is otherwise impaired, emergency personnel insert a tube into the windpipe (trachea) to maintain the airway (this is called endotracheal intubation).

The victim is also checked for head, neck, and other injuries, and fluids are given intravenously.

Hypothermia victims require careful handling to protect the heart from developing abnormal rhythms.

In the emergency department, victims continue receiving oxygen until blood tests show a return to normal.

About one-third are intubated and initially need mechanical support to breathe.

Rewarming is undertaken when hypothermia is present.

Victims may arrive needing treatment for cardiac arrest or cardiac dysrhythmias.

Comatose patients present a special problem: although various treatment approaches have been tried, none have proved beneficial.

In the mildest cases, patients can be discharged from the emergency department after 4-6 hours if their blood oxygen level is normal and no signs or symptoms of near-drowning are present.

But because lung problems can arise 12 or more hours after submersion, the medical staff must first be satisfied that the patients are willing and able to seek further medical help if necessary.

Admission to a hospital for at least 24 hours for further observation and treatment is a must for patients who do not appear to recover fully in the emergency department.

Prevention

Prevention depends on educating parents, other adults, and teenagers about water safety.

Parents must realize that young children who are left in or near water without adult supervision even for a short time can easily get into trouble, not just at the beach or next to a swimming pool, but in bathtubs and around toilets, buckets, washing machines, and other household articles where water can collect.

Research on swimming pool drownings involving young children shows that the victims have usually been left unattended less than 5 minutes before the accident.

Experts consider putting up a fence around a home swimming pool an essential precaution, and estimate that 50–90% of child drownings and near-drownings could be prevented if fences were widely adopted.

The fence should be at least 5 ft (1.5 m) high and unclimbable, have a self-closing and self-locking gate, and completely surround the pool.

Pool owners—and, indeed, all other adults— should learn CPR.

Everyone should follow the rules for safe swimming and boating.

Those who have a medical condition that can cause a seizure or otherwise threaten safety in the water are advised always to swim with a partner.

People also need to be aware that alcohol and drug use substantially increase the chances of an accident.

The danger of alcohol and drug use around water requires special emphasis where teenagers are concerned. Teenagers can also benefit from CPR training and safe swimming and boating classes.

Sources: 1 2 ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References

[rivalmelty]

quick hyrule redraw of this (which is just a redraw of this) bc i am literally drowning in inks for my junior thesis and i wanted to do something messier but it also defo made me feel so good about my growth as an artist so im ready to do more homework this week :’D

[finalgirlart]

drowned dragged delivered

[inabigworld]

i don’t desire mediocre love. i want a love that is so deep, i want someone to drown in me.

[blurmyface4]

I have Thalassophobia

But you made me forget that

Your eyes are the colour of the atlantic sea

And the dark look you get sometimes

Reminds me of the storms and the sea

As one

Your personality is like the atlantics as well

Unpredictable like it

I fear the ocean

The place where the titanic sank

Just like us

I have a fear of the ocean

Yet i was ready to jump right in the deep

I loved you

I jumped right into your sea loving self

But everything was dark

Like the atlanctic at night

Not even a flashlight could save me.

I almost drowned when i was 9

And i am deadly scared of drowning

Of sharks coming near me

But the sea now

Is the only way to get close to you

The titanic might have sank

No one forgets about that ship

And i wont forget ours

Even though im still scared of the atlantic

When i go live by the sea one day

I'll tell it all about you

About us

Maybe it will help me

my bloody demon<3

P.s..i am really fucking scared of the sea...drowning is so not fun!

[kage-mochii]

I got a little too autistic this week guys sorry : ((

I do not control the tism fixations, they control me

[fairytalesofforever]

brother by kodaline is punching me directly in the stomach with kaz and jordie feels today o lord

[thoughts-left-unspoke]

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Cozy 🩵

[mistydragonflyart]

SPOOKTOBER 2024 - SCYLLA

I freaking love scylla so much. Her gravelly hello followed by the instrumental sequence is so good and then you get hit with banger vocals, like hand me a torch. So I was very excited to do this one.

[glibbatty]

mmm spaget

[doodlesphxre]

UNDERTALE AND CREEPYPASTA ART ATTACK!!!!!

Amsndbh.........

[sleeplessv0id]

I just found the first piece of fanart I ever made in my life..