About hanging:
Once hanging is attempted, there is no retreat due to the rapid loss of consciousness and control. The death occurs within seconds to minutes of the act. Although the majority of the victims die following the act, a few ones survive, if only timely intervention and aggressive resuscitation measures are ensured. An act of hanging, where the victim survives long enough to reach the medical care facility is referred to as 'Near hanging'. Literature suggests a high pre-hospital mortality in hanging. However, if the victim survives to reach the hospital, the mortality rate steeply declines to 2.3%. Even though neurological damage is reported in patients of near-hanging, survival without neurological complications is possible and reported in literature.
Hanging is one of the commonest methods of suicide. Epidemiological data of near-hanging patients from Nepal is limited. The present research from Nep…
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Outcomes are better amongst those who have not suffered a cardiac arrest. In a large retrospective study of 886 patients from hospitals in France and Belgium, 51% of near-hanged patients sustained a cardiac arrest before presentation to hospital, with 18% of these surviving to hospital discharge. In contrast, 96% of patients after near-hanging who did not sustain a cardiac arrest survived to hospital discharge. Of the 497 patients in this study who survived to discharge, 479 (96%) had a favourable neurological outcome as defined as a Glasgow outcome score of 4 or 5.
Those patients most likely to have the best neurological outcomes are therefore either those who do not suspend themselves sufficiently to induce cardiac arrest, or those who are found and unhung before cardiac arrest ensues, despite significant suspension. However, cardiac arrest is not universally associated with poor outcome and in a case series 16–18% of these patients have survived to hospital discharge with a good neurological outcome. It is also apparent that most patients who survive to hospital discharge after a near-hanging event make a good neurological recovery.
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It's important that no one finds you quickly and that your anchor point or rope doesn't break in the process.