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Handbook on Drowning

Prevention, Rescue, Treatment

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Joost J. L. M. Bierens

    1. Department of Anesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Brings together the existing knowledge in the field of drowning prevention, rescue and treatment

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLIV
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  2. History

    • Joost J. L. M. Bierens
    Pages 1-37

  3. The Epidemiology of Drowning

    • Christine M. Branche, Ed van Beeck
    Pages 41-75

  4. The Prevention of Drowning

    • John R. Wilson, Johannes T. A. Knape, Joost J. L. M. Bierens
    Pages 81-132

  5. Task Force on Rescue — Organisational Aspects: Planning, Training and Preparation

    • Rob K. Brons, B. Chris Brewster
    Pages 135-187

  6. Task Force on Rescue — Rescue Techniques

    • B. Chris Brewster, Rob K. Brons
    Pages 193-308

  7. Resuscitation

    • Paul E. Pepe, Joost J. L. M. Bierens
    Pages 311-385

  8. Hospital Treatment

    • Harry P. M. M. Gelissen, Jean-Louis Vincent, Lambert Thijs
    Pages 389-432

  9. Brain Resuscitation in the Drowning Victim

    • David S. Warner, Johannes T. A. Knape
    Pages 435-478

  10. Immersion Hypothermia

    • Beat H. Walpoth, Hein A. M. Daanen
    Pages 481-531

  11. Water-Related Disasters

    • Rob K. Brons, Joost J. L. M. Bierens
    Pages 535-585

  12. Breath-Hold, SCUBA and Hose Diving

    • David Elliott, Robert A. van Hulst
    Pages 589-615

  13. Investigation of Drowning Accidents

    • Jerome H. Modell, Yin R K
    Pages 619-657

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 659-713
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About this book

by Jan-Carel van Dorp The board of Governors of the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen is happy to introduce this congress book, the fruit of much effort in recent years of many devoted researchers in the fields of prevention, rescue and treatment of drowned people. It is a compilation of the results of their successful studies, as laid down during the World Congress on Drowning held in Amsterdam on 26–28 June 2002. Background Through the ages death by drowning, like so many other causes, was accepted as a part of life. Water brings life, water takes life; burial follows. It was not until th th the 17 or even as late as the 18 century that it became apparent that people could be effectively rescued by bystanders, that many seemingly dead drowning victims only died after burial and that some of them could have been saved from this fate had they received medical attention. In Europe it was the so-called Age of Enlightenment, with changing attitudes towards fellow man and social initiatives underway, including the founding of charitable societies. At that time three noblemen in Amsterdam realised that too many victims who had fallen in the waters of Amsterdam were left to their fate and died. Hence, in 1767, they founded a society for the rescue of drowning victims, de Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen. Their initiative was widely applauded. In the years that followed other cities in Holland started their own initiatives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joost J. L. M. Bierens

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