To take ds to A&E

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We've been swimming tonight and I had ds (4) in with us, he was holding onto a noodle when I turned round to speak to dd and when I turned back round he had let go of it and was under thr water and came up spluttering and gasping and eventually vomited a bit. He was absolutely fine immediately after but I'm so worried.
Have Googled secondary drowning and scared myself silly.

He's not coughed since and has eaten and drank fine and is now asleep.

Dh won't take him to get checked out. Aibu to want to get him looked over at A&E?

Ring 111 for advice. It sounds like he's absolutely fine but they could give you some reassurance. If he's asleep, don't wake him to take him to A&E now. Ring them & they'll advise you.

dry drowning or secondary drowning is quite rare.
and it's progressive, so if dc didn't have trouble breathing after swimming and isn't coughing/has blue lips there is nothing to worry about imo.
www.webmd.com/children/features/secondary-drowning-dry-drowning#1

It's not an accident or an emergency so yes, you would be unreasonable to wake him up and take him.

Yes, you would be unreasonable!!

That's not what A&E is for!

If he says not coughed since, then he's not exhibiting any symptoms, so he's fine. I think you'd be a bit over-cautious to wake a sleeping child to take them to A&E to have them checked over because they'd had their head under the water for a bit hours earlier.

To be fair I rang 111 a few weeks ago and after 25minutes of being on hold/no answer I went to A&E!

For the record, no, I don't think you need to go to A&E.

Also, I live in a coastal town, where out children spend large portions of the weekend year-round in the sea... if everyone took their kids to A&E every time they got a mouthful of water, our hospital would be too busy to see real A&E cases!

Thanks, I will just keep an eye on him then. It was more than a mouthful totallyEnglish he went right under and struggled for breath for a few seconds before vomiting but I get where you're coming from I suppose I just got a bit of a fright and I'm a terrible worrier.

They all do that when they're learning to swim/surf, couple of mouthfuls of water, and I've seen the vomming thing be quite common, even in experienced swimmers if you're taken under by surprise. I guess it's the body's way of getting everything out of the system to be able to breathe normally again.

He will have vomited because he swallowed salt water. You don't need to swallow very much to throw up!

Ring 101 for advice. The people commenting on here saying don't bother, are not medically trained

Ring 101 for advice. The people commenting on here saying don't bother, are not medically trained

Neither are 111, to be honest.

I would ring 111 for advice. I wouldn't take the word of random mumnetters if I was worried.

Ring 101 for advice. The people commenting on here saying don't bother, are not medically trained

I'm not sure the police will have an opinion either way to be honest.

What did you do? How is your ds?