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Probabilistic data linkage to study the epidemiology of unintentional fatal drowning in a large metropolitan region [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background It is difficult to study the epidemiology of drowning at the regional level because of multiple data sources, many of which have a high degree of unstandardized and missing data.
Rohit P. Shenoi, Ned Levine, Elizabeth A. Camp, Linh Nguyen, Sandra McKay, Shaila Zaman   +5 more
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Leave no one behind: An African perspective on the first World Health Organization Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Drowning is a significant but under-recognised public health challenge in the African region. The 2024 World Health Organization Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention provides the first comprehensive overview of national drowning prevention efforts
Colleen J. Saunders, Frederick Oporia, Caroline Lukaszyk, Binta Sako   +3 more
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The status of drowning prevention and control in the region of the Americas [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Drowning is a major, yet preventable, public health issue causing an estimated 300,000 deaths globally in 2021. This study assessed the current state of drowning prevention efforts in the Americas, examining the presence of governance structures ...
Alessandra F. Senisse-Pajares, Caroline Lukaszyk, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez   +2 more
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Hospital admissions for non-fatal drowning in Finland, 2002–2023: a nationwide population-based register study [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Nationwide epidemiological data on non-fatal drowning are lacking. The purpose of this study was to provide and analyze data on incidence and time-trends of hospital inpatient admissions for drowning in Finland.
Philippe Lunetta, Kari Haikonen
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Drowning in Saudi Arabia Using First Responder Data [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Drowning is a significant public health issue and is considered one of the most avoidable yet underappreciated causes of mortality worldwide. Drowning likely presents a significant public health burden in Saudi Arabia, especially in children.
Kholood K. Altassan, Reema M. Alhussein, Rawan T. Ghandour, Khalid A. Aldossari, Naif A. Aldossari, Meshal K. Alghamdi, Fahad Almutlaq, Yousef Mohammad Alsofayan, Mohammed K. Alageel   +8 more
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Drowning and aquatic injuries dictionary

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Background: Drowning is a significant public health issue with more than 320,000 deaths globally every year. These numbers are greatly underestimated, however, due to factors such as inadequate data collection, inconsistent categorization and failure to ...
David Szpilman, Jose Palacios Aguilar, Roberto Barcala-Furelos, Shayne Baker, Cody Dunne, Amy E. Peden, Rob Brander, Andreas Claesson, Stathis Avramidis, Justine Leavy, Jamie Linnea Luckhaus, Leonardo A. Manino, Olga Marques, Nina Joy Nyitrai, Luis-Miguel Pascual-Gomez, Leonardo Springer, Teresa Jane Stanley, Allart M. Venema, Ana Catarina Queiroga   +18 more
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Registo Nacional Integrado de Afogamento e Lesões Aquáticas

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022
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Ana Catarina Queiroga, Richard Franklin, Olga Marques, Sandra Nascimento, Amy Elisabeth Peden   +4 more
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An underappreciated cause of ocean-related fatalities: A systematic review on the epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment of snorkelling-related drowning

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Aim: Snorkelling is a popular aquatic activity which may result in fatal and non-fatal drowning. However, little is known about the scale of injury, factors impacting risk and strategies for prevention.
C.L. Dunne, J. Madill, A.E. Peden, B. Valesco, John Lippmann, D. Szpilman, A.C. Queiroga   +6 more
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A 2-year prospective evaluation of airway clearance devices in foreign body airway obstructions

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Aim: To collect, analyze and report the first prospective, industry-independent, data on airway clearance devices as novel foreign body airway obstruction interventions.
Cody L Dunne, Kayla Viguers, Selena Osman, Ana Catarina Queiroga, David Szpilman, Amy E Peden   +5 more
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Impact of community-based first responder development for the management of drowning casualties in rural areas of Bangladesh

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background: Drowning is the leading cause of childhood death in Bangladesh. In order to minimize the number of casualties Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) incorporated a ‘first responder’ program which includes Cardio ...
Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Md Shafkat Hossain, Cinderella Akbar Mayaboti, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Aminur Rahman   +6 more
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