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The Lifesaving Foundation CLG is registered in Ireland as a Not-for-Profit company and
a Drowning Prevention Charity.
It has an international membership and management board.
New members are welcome.
The Management Board consists of the following persons;
Mr. Brendan Donohoe Ireland (Chairperson)
Mr. John Connolly Ireland (Company & Charity Secretary)
Mr. John Long United Kingdom (Director)
Mrs. Andrea Andrews United Kingdom (Director)
Dr. Ana Catarina Queiroga Portugal (Director)
Dr. Shayne Baker Australia (Director)
M/s Maria Bolger Ireland (Financial Administrator) non-director
HOW WILL THE DROWNING RESEARCH GATHERING WORK?
Those present undertaking drowning related research will present (in turn) a brief outline of their research to the group and
answer questions. This will be followed by discussion. The aim is to get an overview of what is currently being researched
and to share sources and resources if possible. We are sure that the discussion will continue afterwards because this is what
happened previously. We will not accept participation on-line.
DROWNING RESEARCH
John Connolly, The Lifesaving Foundation, Ireland location, time etc of the cardiac arrest PAD above used such
l Why swimmers die by drowning. data. In all the above I fill the role of Patient/Public Involvement
l Suicide by drowning - Prevention and Rescue. participant
Andrea Andrews, Independent Researcher, UK and The William Koon, University of New South Wales - Sydney,
Lifesaving Foundation. Australia & USA
l The Scientific and Philosophical foundation of aquatic resilience. l Coastal drowning epidemiology and prevention
l How to improve the flow of effective insights from deep water
engagement throughout applied aquatics. Professor Linda Quan MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital,
American Red Cross, USA
Melon Dash, Miracle Swimming School for Adults, USA. l Development of the U.S. Water Safety National Action Plan
l Most adult drowning caused by panic. l Develop and then trial an intake data collection form for
l What is the cause of panic in adult drownees? parents whose children are taking swimming lessons to include
demographics, and water competencies. Goal: a standardized data
Connie Harvey, American Red Cross, USA. collection tool with validated questions
l Barriers to participation in swim lessons for those at the highest l Evaluate a large database of children in swim lessons across
risk of drowning in the US. the country. Goal: describe US swim programs by region,
l Water competency skill attainment for young children. demographics, etc.
l Conduct follow up (drowning deaths and hospitalizations) of
Professor Richard Franklin, James Cook University, Australia. high risk children who have taken swim lessons compared to same
l Epidemiology, gender, rescues, rivers, treatment, migrants, age general population. Goal: determine if swim lessons decrease
tourists, rural, dams, children, alcohol, medical conditions, learn drowning risk.
to swim, strategy, flooding, heat waves, risk factors, prevention l Survey U.S. swim schools to identify their students’
strategies, older people, boating, suicide, rock fishing, legislation, demographics, what and how they teach, criteria for progression,
swimming pools and social impact. and how they communicate to parents. Goal: to describe and then
standardize swim school progression.
Associate Professor Ogilvie Thom, MD., James Cook University l Evaluate California’s state drowning data. Study, led by W.
and Surf Life Saving Queensland, Australia. Koon, identified the need for regional focus and remarkable
l Medical management of drowning patients. temporal changes in at risk age and racial groups.
l Surf rescue. l Develop a template for an annual state drowning prevention
report, Goal: Meet WHO requests for national data.
John Long, University of Warwick Medical School, l Improve a national drowning data collection form used by the
l Optimisation of the Deployment of Automatic External National Fatality Violence Reporting System.
Defibrillators in Public Places in England ( PAD Project) - Research l Develop Haddon matrix for drowning prevention in 1)
complete and draft report out for peer comment The report adolescents and 2) adults (50 year old males)
analysed location of Cardiac Arrests in relation to current locations
of AEDs It will be used to assist future sites of such machines. Amy Peden, University of New South Wales, Australia
l PARAMEDIC3 Trial - Looking at the most effective way to treat l River drowning and inland water safety
someone who has a Cardiac Arrest outside hospital by giving drugs l The epidemiology of drowning and improving global estimates of
through the vein or directly into the bone fatal and non-fatal drowning burden
l OHCAO - Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes - this is l Evaluation of drowning prevention interventions
a prospective study of all out of hospital cardiac arrests in the l Drowning prevention across the life course, in particular older
UK The data collected is made available for research into cause, adults and adolescents