Contributing factor leading to child drowning: Epidemiologic study over 15 years in Bihor County

• Main Authors: Paula Marian, Camelia Buhas, Dumitru Dragnea, Andrada Chira, Cristian Sava
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2020-12-01
• Series: Romanian Medical Journal
• Subjects: drowning; child; death; contributing factors
• Online Access: https://rmj.com.ro/articles/2020.4/RMJ_2020_4_Art-13.pdf

The authors present in this paper a statistical study that refers to drowning in children. The research was conducted in Bihor County, over a period of 15 years, analyzing an abundant casuistry resulting from professional experience as pediatricians and forensic medicine specialists of reporting authors from the city of Oradea. The most important factors favoring drowning in childhood are reviewed. The following parameters were analyzed: age, gender, place and circumstances of death, the time when the drowning occurred. As a conclusion of the study, it was found that the death occurred more frequently in children older than 5 years of age, who drowned in running waters, most of them during unattended bathing. The authors consider this conclusion an alarm signal and a public health issue that would be useful to be disseminated through all media.