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.
What Happens Physiologically. During a head rush, a person's blood pressure drops suddenly and the body is not able to correct it quickly enough. Usually, the heart speeds up and blood vessels contract when blood pressure falls; both of these involuntary actions work to increase the pressure.