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Brief history of Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen (The Society to Rescue People from Drowning) |
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Two Centuries of Searching for Safe Lifeboats |
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The History of Resuscitation |
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The World Congress on Drowning: A Move Towards the Future |
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Section 2 The Epidemiology of Drowning |
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41 | (2) |
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The Task Force on the Epidemiology of Drowning |
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45 | (4) |
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Methods for Estimating the Burden of Drowning |
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49 | (5) |
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Availability and Quality of Data to Assess the Global Burden of Drowning |
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54 | (2) |
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The Global Burden of Drowning |
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The Global Burden of Drowning |
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56 | (5) |
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The Global Burden of Drowning: An African Perspective |
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61 | (2) |
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Risk Factors for Drowning |
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63 | (7) |
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Review of Literature on Available Strategies for Drowning Prevention |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (4) |
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Section 3 The Prevention of Drowning |
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77 | (56) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (3) |
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Purposes and Scope of Prevention of Drowning |
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87 | (6) |
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Risk Assessment and Perception |
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93 | (6) |
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Prevention of Drowning in the Home and Garden |
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99 | (6) |
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Prevention of Drowning in Home Pools |
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105 | (5) |
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The Vigilance of Beach Patrols |
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110 | (2) |
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Swimming Abilities, Water Safety Education and Drowning Prevention |
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112 | (5) |
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National and Community Campaigns |
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117 | (16) |
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Luis-Miguel Pascual-Gomez |
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National Surveillance-Based Prevention of Water-Related Injuries in Canada |
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117 | (2) |
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Child Drowning Deaths in Garden Water Features -- A Concerted Campaign to Reduce the Toll |
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119 | (1) |
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SafeWaters Water Safety Campaign in New South Wales, Australia |
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120 | (1) |
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Community Campaign in Australia Targeted Towards Parents and Children |
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121 | (1) |
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The Approach to Promoting Water Safety in Ireland |
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122 | (1) |
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Community Campaign in Remote Aboriginal Communities in Western Australia |
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123 | (1) |
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Community Campaigns in New Zealand |
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124 | (1) |
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Community Campaigns Blue Ribbon Pool and Enjoy Your Swim, Sure! in Segovia, Spain |
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125 | (1) |
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Luis-Miguel Pascual-Gomez |
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126 | (1) |
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Washington State Drowning Prevention Project and the Stay on Top of It Campaign |
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127 | (1) |
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Community Campaign in the Netherlands by the Consumer Safety Institute |
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128 | (1) |
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Preventing Drowning in Alaska: Float Coats and Kids Don't Float |
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129 | (1) |
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Evaluation of the Keep Watch Media Campaign |
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130 | (1) |
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Community Campaign in Victoria, Australia |
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131 | (2) |
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Section 4 Rescue - Organisational Aspects: Planning, Training and Preparation |
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133 | (56) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (4) |
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Rescue Organisations: Paid or Volunteers? |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (2) |
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Quality Assessment and Risk Monitoring of Lifesaving |
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147 | (4) |
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Beach Hazards and Risk Assessment of Beaches |
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151 | (5) |
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Training Standards for In-Water Rescue Techniques |
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156 | (3) |
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Training and Equipping Rescue Personnel for Flood Rescue |
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159 | (3) |
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Learning from Computer Simulations |
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162 | (6) |
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Data Registration for Lifesaving Organisations |
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168 | (4) |
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Risk Management in Training of Rescue Techniques |
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172 | (4) |
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Life Saving as an Academic Career: International Perspectives |
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176 | (7) |
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Luis-Miguel Pascual-Gomez |
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Fund-Raising for Lifesaving |
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183 | (2) |
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Lifesaving in Developing Countries |
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185 | (4) |
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Section 5 Rescue -- Rescue Techniques |
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189 | (120) |
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194 | (3) |
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197 | (5) |
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Patterns of Wave and Surf |
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202 | (2) |
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Water Safety Signs and Beach Safety Flags |
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204 | (10) |
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Lifeguard Surveillance and Scanning: Past, Present, Future |
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214 | (6) |
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Trends in Sea Rescue and Open Water Search Techniques |
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220 | (6) |
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Lifejackets and Other Lifesaving Appliances |
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226 | (6) |
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226 | (3) |
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Personal Lifesaving Appliances Other than Lifejackets |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (6) |
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Self-Rescue During Accidental Cold Water Immersion |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (3) |
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Horizontal and Other Rescue Techniques: Practical Aspects |
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241 | (8) |
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249 | (5) |
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Rescues Under Difficult Circumstances |
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254 | (10) |
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254 | (2) |
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Offshore Powerboat Rescues |
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256 | (5) |
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The NASA Ocean Rescue Plan for the Space Shuttle |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (7) |
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Inshore Inflatable Rescue Boat Injuries with Implications for New Designs |
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271 | (4) |
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Development and Use of Personal Watercraft in Aquatic Rescue Operations |
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275 | (4) |
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Alternatives for Rescue Boats |
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279 | (9) |
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279 | (5) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (2) |
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Spinal Injury: Prevention, Immobilisation and Extrication from the Aquatic Environment |
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288 | (8) |
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Prevention of Spinal Injuries |
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288 | (3) |
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Immobilisation and Extraction of Spinal Injuries |
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291 | (5) |
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296 | (5) |
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Management of Physical and Psychological Responses During Administration of CPR to a Drowned Person |
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301 | (3) |
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Psychological Care After CPR and Rescue |
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304 | (5) |
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312 | (2) |
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Consensus and Recommendations |
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314 | (9) |
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The Critical Role of Lay Persons and Their Actions in Drowning Incidents |
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323 | (4) |
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Basic Life Support for Drowning Victims |
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327 | (4) |
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Automated External Defibrillators in the Aquatic Environment |
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331 | (5) |
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Positioning the Drowning Victim |
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336 | (6) |
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First Aid Courses for the Aquatic Environment |
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342 | (6) |
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348 | (4) |
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Long QT Syndrome and Drowning |
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352 | (4) |
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Paediatric Considerations in Drowning |
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356 | (7) |
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Termination of Resuscitation Efforts in Drowning |
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363 | (5) |
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Unusual Circumstances of Drowning |
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368 | (4) |
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A Case Report of an Extreme Situation |
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372 | (2) |
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A Case Report of a Successful Resuscitation from Accidental Hypothermia of 22°C and Submersion with Circulatory Arrest |
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374 | (1) |
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A Case Report of 22-Minute Submersion in Warm Water Without Sequelae |
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375 | (2) |
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Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data from Drowning: The Utstein-Style |
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377 | (10) |
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Section 7 Hospital Treatment |
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387 | (46) |
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389 | (2) |
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391 | (1) |
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Treatment Protocols: Emergency Room |
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392 | (5) |
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Treatment Protocols: Intensive Care Department |
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397 | (5) |
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Paediatric Considerations |
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402 | (5) |
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407 | (3) |
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410 | (6) |
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Risk Factors and Treatment of Pneumonia |
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416 | (3) |
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419 | (4) |
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423 | (4) |
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427 | (6) |
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Section 8 Brain Resuscitation in the Drowning Victim |
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433 | (46) |
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435 | (1) |
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Consensus and Recommendations |
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436 | (3) |
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Prehospital and Emergency Department Management of the Drowning Victim |
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439 | (4) |
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Intensive Care Management of the Drowning Victim |
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443 | (4) |
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Paediatric Considerations |
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447 | (2) |
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Neuromonitoring in the Intensive Care Unit for the Drowning Victim |
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449 | (4) |
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Neurochemical Markers of Brain Injury |
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453 | (2) |
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Post-hypoxic Treatment with Pharmacologic Agents |
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455 | (5) |
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Animal Experimentation on Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation Relevant for Drowning |
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460 | (5) |
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Future Research Questions |
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465 | (14) |
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Section 9 Immersion Hypothermia |
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479 | (54) |
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481 | (3) |
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Consensus and Recommendations |
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484 | (1) |
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The Physiology of Cooling in Cold Water |
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485 | (5) |
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Body Cooling, Modelling and Risk Assessment |
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490 | (3) |
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Rescue Collapse Following Cold Water Immersion |
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493 | (4) |
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Prehospital Management of Immersion Hypothermia |
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497 | (5) |
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Hospital Rewarming of Hypothermic Victims |
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502 | (9) |
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Hospital Treatment of Victims in Cardiorespiratory Arrest |
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511 | (3) |
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Fluid Management During Treatment of Immersion Hypothermia |
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514 | (5) |
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Acid-Base Management During Accidental Hypothermia |
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519 | (1) |
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An International Data-Registration for Accidental and Immersion Hypothermia |
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Implication of Treatment and Outcome of Survivors of Accidental Deep Hypothermia: The Need for a Hypothermia Registry |
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520 | (1) |
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The UK National Immersion Incident Survey (UKNIIS) |
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521 | (2) |
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Hypothermia Research Project in The Netherlands |
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523 | (1) |
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524 | (9) |
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Section 10 Water-Related Disasters |
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533 | (54) |
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535 | (4) |
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Consensus and Recommendations |
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539 | (1) |
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540 | (6) |
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`Herald of Free Enterprise' |
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546 | (2) |
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Decision Support System for Optimising a SAR Fleet Plan to Rescue Large Numbers of Passengers |
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548 | (5) |
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Linking Sea and Land: Essential Elements in Crises Decisions for Water-Related Disasters |
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553 | (6) |
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Drowning in Floods: An Overview of Mortality Statistics for Worldwide Floods |
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559 | (6) |
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Measures to Prevent The Netherlands from Flooding |
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565 | (3) |
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Controlling the Risk of Flood-Related Drowning |
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568 | (2) |
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The Safety Chain During Floods |
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570 | (5) |
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Planning of the Mass Emergency Response to Floods in the Netherlands |
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575 | (5) |
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Current Trends in Swift Water, Moving Water and Flood Rescue Response |
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580 | (7) |
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Section 11 Breath-Hold, SCUBA and Hose Diving |
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587 | (30) |
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Overview and Recommendations |
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589 | (2) |
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The Underlying Physics and Applied Physiology |
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591 | (4) |
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595 | (1) |
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Epidemiology of Drowning While Diving |
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596 | (1) |
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Physical, Mental and Medical Fitness |
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597 | (1) |
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Causation of Drowning Accidents in Relation to Training |
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598 | (1) |
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Introducing Children to Diving |
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599 | (1) |
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Underwater Self-Rescue and Assisted Rescue: Training to Cope With Emergencies |
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600 | (1) |
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Immediate Treatment of the Diver Who Almost Drowned |
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601 | (2) |
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Accident Investigation and Autopsy |
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603 | (1) |
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Diving Accident Investigations |
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603 | (2) |
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The Investigation of SCUBA Diving Fatalities |
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605 | (12) |
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Section 12 Investigation of Drowning Accidents |
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617 | (42) |
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Introduction and Overview |
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619 | (1) |
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Behaviour of Dead Bodies in Water |
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620 | (2) |
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Search and Recovery in Near-Shore Waters |
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622 | (3) |
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625 | (8) |
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Search Techniques for Dead Bodies: Searching with Dogs |
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625 | (2) |
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Search Techniques for Drowning Victims: Recovery Using Side Scan Sonars |
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627 | (3) |
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Infrared Detection Systems for Maritime Search and Rescue Units |
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630 | (3) |
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633 | (3) |
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The Approach of the Pathologist to the Diagnosis of Drowning |
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636 | (4) |
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Accident Investigations in Drowning |
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640 | (5) |
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Legal Aspects and Litigation in Aquatic Lifesaving |
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645 | (2) |
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Legal Claims in Drowning Cases |
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647 | (3) |
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The M/S Estonia Disaster and the Treatment of Human Remains |
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650 | (3) |
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Maritime Accident Investigations |
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653 | (6) |
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| Important Websites |
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659 | (2) |
| Final Recommendations of the World Congress on Drowning |
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661 | (10) |
| Acknowledgements |
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671 | (2) |
| Contact Data and Affiliations |
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673 | (24) |
| Subject Index |
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