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 DENOMINATION
- Syncope for hidrocución.
- Water blow.
DEFINITION
The digestion cut ó hidrocución syncope is the sudden loss of knowledge as a result of the sudden impact with the cold water. It is the classic syncope for plunge, not too frequently although fearsome because it usually provokes the cardiac unemployment and therefore it imposes the achievement of the cardiac massage for the revival.
HOW DOES IT TAKE PLACE
It is considered that the syncope for hidrocución is an extreme declaration of the reflex for immersion, this phenomenon that brakes the beats of the heart whenever the head interferes under the water. If this reflex is very sudden it goes over to the stop of the heart.
PREVENTION
Not to suffer this dangerous type of syncope it is necessary to avoid to enter the water:
- Of sudden form
- After an exhibition prolonged to the sun
- With the current digestion
- After an intense physical activity
It is suitable the body to be wetted progressively before submerging.
The individuals of advanced age and with tendency to a low cardiac frequency (vagotónicos) they are the persons with major risk of suffering syncopes for hidrocución.
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