Effect and treatment of the diving reflex
Hunt, P.K.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 111(12): 1330-1331
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 4442019 Document Number: 81792
The case is reported of a 5-year-old boy who fell into a river during the winter and remained immersed for one half-hour in water at between 0 and 1 degrees C. The child survived but suffered the effects of severe hypothermia and immersion and presented neurologic damage of an unusual type.
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