Response to Letter to the Editor: 'Comment on epidemiology of childhood electrocution in Bangladesh'

I appreciate Dr. James M. Cross in his observation about theterm electrocution specially 'non fatal electrocution' in myarticle. I agree with him about his comment. According to dictionary meaning author is right and even many publications supports his opinion. However in my article I used the term 'electrocution' as the name of an injury mechanism. Many of the authors have also used this term in the same way. According to the WIKI books, electrocution is a related set of injuries caused by direct contact with live electrical connections varying from minor to cardiac arrest [1]. Burn Survivor Resource Center said electrocution can result in a variety of wounds, and sometimes in death [2]. Lee mentioned ''electrocution burns result in approximately 3000 admissions to burn centers every year, while injuries due to electrocution result in death in about 1000 patients yearly''[3]. Shetty et al. used the term fatal-electrocution which in turn agrees with the term non fatal electrocution [4]. I desire to use the word 'electrocution' as a name of an injury mechanism which is caused by electricity and electrocution can be both fatal and non fatal. The term 'drowning' was also previously used only to mean death caused by drowning. But now 'drowning' is being used as both fatal and non fatal drowning as an expression of injury mechanism.