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@valtmy

Ooh, great question! (And great thoughts you all have replied with as well!) This sounds like my own characters, too… 😀

I think having them weak before they fall in the water would maybe help, and then not having them in the water for too long so it would have killed them. Realistically, I do not know what era you are talking about, so it is harder to say what would have happened, but I know for a chunk of time (generally Medieval through Revolutionary eras), they would have wrapped the person in flannel and blankets and given them a hot drink. (Which probably would have been half and half beer/wine and water.)

I think the fact that they are incapacitated for several days is quite realistic…would be true either way.

Having them swallow seawater would be a little more complicated, and they might be out of commission for longer than a few days and come closer to death…assuming they lived.

Without knowing the exact historical setting I would say the above would be true, and beyond that there would be more that was specific to the era. What kind of physical shape your character is in would make a pretty big difference as well! So there are some thoughts I have… 🙂