Neurocognitive long term follow-up study on drowned children.

Aim Of The Study: Report cognitive and neurological outcome later in life of surviving drowned children who had received CPR either from bystanders or from emergency medical services (EMS) units.

Methods: Forty children who had drowned and admitted to pediatric intensive care unit after successful CPR between 1985 and 2007, were eligible for the study. Of those 21 gave a consent for neurological and neuropsychological examinations.