Effect and treatment of the diving reflex.
The case is reported of a 5-year-old boy who fell into a river during the winter and remained immersed for one half-hour in water at between 0 and 1 degrees C. The child survived but suffered the effects of severe hypothermia and immersion and presented neurologic damage of an unusual type.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004242:Diving; D004332:Drowning; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007101:Immersion; D008297:Male; D012018:Reflex; D012151:Resuscitation