A PROBABLE EXPLANATION OF SOME DROWNING ACCIDENTS

[Drowning accidents in childhood].

This paper reviews the pathophysiology and therapy of the multiorgan failure which occurs with submersion injury of children. First, the influence of hypothermia, the pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurologic and renal changes and the blood gas, acid-base and bloodvolume and serum electrolyte disturbances are discussed in detail. The therapeutic procedures are separated in the cardiopulmonary resus...

Drowning Deaths in Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents

Very little is known about drowning deaths that occur as the result of motor vehicle traffic accidents. The two research questions addressed in this paper are how frequently do drowning deaths as a result of motor vehicle traffic accidents occur and what are the circumstances surrounding these deaths. The choice of the word “accident” instead of “crash” in this paper is intentional to avoid con...

Drowning and near-drowning--some lessons learnt.

Over a period of sixteen months, 17 cases of submersion injury (encompassing victims of drowning and near-drowning) were attended to at our Accident and Emergency Department at Changi General Hospital. Most of the victims were inexperienced recreational swimmers, and in 6 of them, early bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation enabled them to recover without severe morbidity. Non-cardiogenic pul...

[Drowning accidents--still a challenge for Norwegian physicians].

Mathematical Accidents and the End of Explanation

A conspicuous difference between ‘traditional’ philosophy of science and ‘traditional’ philosophy of mathematics concerns the relative importance of the notion of explanation. Explanation has long featured centrally in debates in the philosophy of science, for at least two reasons. Firstly, explanation has been viewed as playing an important role in the methodology of science, due principally t...