booklet, which is a print copy of our QSEN electronic matrix. We hope that the. consumers of this booklet find it easy to follow and that in turn, it becomes a personal. asset to your health care organization or clinical practice to assist in the improvement of. safety and quality care in the clinical setting.
This happens much quicker than most other physiological responses to water in the lungs. Amazingly, when water first hits the lungs, the larynx goes into spasm, and during the first phases of a person drowning, most of the water goes into the stomach.
3. After five to ten minutes of not breathing, you are likely to develop serious and possibly irreversible brain damage. The one exception is when a younger person stops breathing and also becomes very cold at the same time. This can occur when a child is suddenly plunged into very cold water and drowns. In this situation, survival after more than 30 minutes has been known to occur.