Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near‐drowning episode

Eight children suffered drowning or near-drowning in Sydney pools over an 11-day period in January 2007. Four received basic life support (BLS) within 5 minutes of immersion and survived with good functional neurological outcomes. The other four were not discovered for >or= 5 minutes and all died...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical journal of Australia 2008-04, Vol.188 (8), p.484-485
Hauptverfasser:	Marchant, Jeanette, Cheng, Nicholas G, Lam, Lawrence T, Fahy, Fiona E, Soundappan, S V, Cass, Danny T, Browne, Gary J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Childrens health CPR Drowning - mortality Drownings Emergency medical care Emergency medicine Equipment Design Female Follow-Up Studies General aspects Hospitals Humans Infant Life Support Systems - instrumentation Male Medical prognosis Medical sciences Medicine Near Drowning - therapy New South Wales - epidemiology Pediatric medicine Pediatrics Resuscitation - instrumentation Retrospective Studies Surgery Survival Rate - trends Swimming accidents & safety Swimming Pools Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Eight children suffered drowning or near-drowning in Sydney pools over an 11-day period in January 2007. Four received basic life support (BLS) within 5 minutes of immersion and survived with good functional neurological outcomes. The other four were not discovered for >or= 5 minutes and all died. This cluster serves as a reminder that timely effective bystander BLS is crucial to survival and good clinical outcomes in near-drowning episodes.
ISSN:	0025-729X 1326-5377
DOI:	10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01725.x