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In The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal of 1847 (later to be called The New England Journal of Medicine), Boston chemist George Washington Frost Mellen claimed that inhaled nitrous oxide gas supports human life in the manner of oxygen gas, and he proposed the use of nitrous oxide in resuscitation from drowning and from carbon monoxide poisoning. The claim was reprinted in at least one dental journal and was long cited as justification for the use of 100% nitrous oxide for inhaled anesthesia. Advocates included anesthesia pioneer and painless dentist Gardner Quincy Colton. Though misguided as to nitrous oxide, Mellen was a prominent member of the Boston community for the abolition of slavery.
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Anestésicos Inalatórios/história , Intoxicação por Monóxido de Carbono/história , Afogamento Iminente/história , Óxido Nitroso/história , Ressuscitação/história , Anestésicos Inalatórios/uso terapêutico , Intoxicação por Monóxido de Carbono/terapia , História do Século XIX , Humanos , Afogamento Iminente/terapia , Óxido Nitroso/uso terapêutico , Ressuscitação/métodos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The first specific techniques and triages for medical resuscitation developed in the XVIII century, specifically to rescue the drowned persons. The topic of resuscitation in strictly connected to the theme of the apparent death, to the dread of the "buried alive", to the progress of forensic medicine and to the administrative and legislative policies. The contribute aims to focus on the contribution of the medical and pathologic nosology about the conception of the apparent death, read as asphyxia.
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Medicina Legal/história , Ressuscitação/história , Asfixia/história , Asfixia/terapia , Atitude Frente a Morte , Afogamento/história , Medicina Legal/legislação & jurisprudência , História do Século XIX , Itália , Afogamento Iminente/história , Afogamento Iminente/terapia , Tanatologia/históriaRESUMO
African American children's rates for fatal and non-fatal drowning events are alarmingly elevated, with some age groups having three times the rate as compared to White peers. Adequate swimming skills are considered a protective agent toward the prevention of drowning, but marginalized youth report limited swimming ability. This research examined minority children's and parents/caregivers' fear of drowning as a possible variable associated with limited swimming ability. Results confirmed that there were significant racial differences concerning the fear of drowning, and adolescent African American females were notably more likely to fear drowning while swimming than any other group. The "fear of drowning" responses by parents/ caregivers of minority children were also significantly different from their White counterparts.
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Negro ou Afro-Americano , Proteção da Criança , Afogamento , Medo , Afogamento Iminente , Negro ou Afro-Americano/educação , Negro ou Afro-Americano/etnologia , Negro ou Afro-Americano/história , Negro ou Afro-Americano/legislação & jurisprudência , Negro ou Afro-Americano/psicologia , Aptidão , Criança , Proteção da Criança/economia , Proteção da Criança/etnologia , Proteção da Criança/história , Proteção da Criança/legislação & jurisprudência , Proteção da Criança/psicologia , Pré-Escolar , Afogamento/etnologia , Afogamento/história , Medo/fisiologia , Medo/psicologia , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Afogamento Iminente/história , Psicologia da Criança/educação , Psicologia da Criança/história , Natação/educação , Natação/história , Natação/fisiologia , Natação/psicologia , Estados Unidos/etnologiaRESUMO
Cardiac arrest represents a dramatic event that can occur suddenly and often without premonitory signs, characterized by sudden loss of consciousness and breathing after cardiac output ceases and both coronary and cerebral blood flows stop. Restarting of the blood flow by cardiopulmonary resuscitation potentially re-establishes some cardiac output and organ blood flows. This article summarizes the major events that encompass the history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, beginning with ancient history and evolving into the current American Heart Association's commitment to save hearts.