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Drowning After You Leave The Water

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In this edition of Vital Signs, the rare occurrence of drowning after you’ve left the water. Dry drowning and wet or secondary drowning can be fatal if left unattended -- and the latter can go unnoticed for several hours before symptoms appear.

Dr. Glenn Hardesty, an emergency physician at Texas Health Arlington Hospital, explains.

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Sam Baker is ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's senior editor and local host for Morning Edition. The native of Beaumont, Texas, also edits and produces radio commentaries and Vital Signs, a series that's part of the station's Breakthroughs initiative. He also was the longtime host of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 13’s Emmy Award-winning public affairs program On the Record. He also won an Emmy in 2008 for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s Sharing the Power: A Voter’s Voice Special, and has earned honors from the Associated Press and the Public Radio News Directors Inc.