title: [Drownings].
abstract: The epidemiology of drowning is described discussing the pathological mechanism of death during drowning, mentioning the characteristic types of drowning and outlining the main principles of treatment of drowned subjects.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasmus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urbanowicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skrzynecki
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D004332:Drowning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Utoniecia.