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Drowning Prevention in Pediatrics
Pediatric Annals, 2018Drowning contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population but it is largely preventable through judicious use of safety measures. To affect outcomes surrounding drowning, pediatricians need to understand the most updated terminology, the basic resuscitation protocols, and the assessment and management of a ...
Conover, Katie, Romero, Sarah
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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1989
Sir .—At the end of her editorial in the June 1988 issue of AJDC , Dr Noyes 1 recommends the formation of several national coalitions to attack the most commonly encountered injuries to children. One of her suggestions is to form a Child Pool Safety Group composed of "health care workers along with swimming pool manufacturers, YMCAs, YWCAs, and others."
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Sir .—At the end of her editorial in the June 1988 issue of AJDC , Dr Noyes 1 recommends the formation of several national coalitions to attack the most commonly encountered injuries to children. One of her suggestions is to form a Child Pool Safety Group composed of "health care workers along with swimming pool manufacturers, YMCAs, YWCAs, and others."
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PREVENTION OF CHILDHOOD DROWNING ACCIDENTS
Medical Journal of Australia, 1977The data from the Brisban Drowning Study have been analysed in this article to provide guidelines for preventive strategies. The separate causal links comprising the drowning chain have been identified, and quantitative scores have been assigned to the three identifiable groups of causative factors--environmental, parent-related and victim-related. The
Pearn, John H., Nixon, James W.
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Epidemiology, Prevention, and Sequelae of Drowning
Pediatrics In Review, 20211. Tracy E. McCallin, MD* 2. Mickinzie Morgan, MD† 3. Margaret L.I. Hart, MD‡ 4. Shabana Yusuf, MD, MEd§ 1. *Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 2. †Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 3. ‡Office of
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Water safety and drowning prevention
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2013Drowning is a worldwide problem with profound economic and health impact. The World Health Organization estimates that each year, about 388,000 people die from drowning.
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Parent education for drowning prevention
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 1991Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in infants and children in 10 states, and near drowning accounts for more than 10 times as many accidents. Children aged 1 to 4 years are at the highest risk of drowning in residential swimming pools. Education of parents is a key variable in drowning prevention. Knowledge about water safety is centered
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Injury Prevention: Drowning-Reply
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1989In Reply .—I am grateful to Dr Smith for taking the time and trouble to write AJDC about the National Swimming Pool Safety Committee. My unfamiliarity with this joint effort of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Spa and Pool Institute may be attributable to the "awkward title" of the organization to which Dr Smith refers.
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Interventions to Prevent Drowning
2007Drowning refers to an event in which a person’s airway is immersed in a liquid medium leading to respiratory difficulty (Idris et al., 2003). This may result in a drowning death or survival. Drowning is a multifaceted injury, involving multiple patterns that vary by age group, body of water (bath, swimming pool, and open water), and activity.
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Prevention of Needless Deaths from Drowning
Southern Medical Journal, 2010To determine whether faulty pool maintenance and substandard lifeguard performance critically delayed retrieval and resuscitation of a significant number of pool drowning victims.One hundred and eighty drowning incidents that resulted in litigation from 1998 to 2008 were studied to determine whether faulty pool maintenance and/or substandard lifeguard ...
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Drowning management and prevention.
Australian family physician, 2004Accidental drowning causes over 300 deaths annually in Australia, and many more instances of 'near drowning'.This article outlines the management of near drowning and the general practitioner's role in drowning prevention.Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the mainstay of immediate management.
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