Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, M.P.
Online published on 19 January, 2015.
Drowning is a form of asphyxia due to aspiration of fluid into air passages caused by submersion in water or other fluid and is mostly accidental. Drowning suffocation causes a lack of oxygen, resulting death in only a few minutes. An exception to this rule appears in victims who have been suddenly and rapidly submerged into ice-cold water. Mostly the death due to drowning is unintentional or accidental. 12 year old male child a good swimmer having history of drowning was brought dead to casualty by a security guard of the swimming pool which raised suspicions on the circumstances of death.
Ante mortem drowning, Haematoma, Kidneys, Manner of Death
