Childhood Drowning: Barriers Surrounding Private Swimming Pools

Childhood drowning: barriers surrounding private swimming pools.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the causes of child drowning and determine the need for changes in the legislation as well as improvements to the inspection and enforcement of current legislation related to barriers surrounding private swimming pools. METHODS There were 3 stages to the study: a retrospective review of coroner's data, an audit of swimming pool inspections, and in-depth interviews wit...

Fencing of private swimming pools in New Zealand.

Childhood drowning.

1. List preventive efforts that may decrease drowning rates in the pediatric population. 2. Name the physiologic consequences of hypoxic-ischemic injury in drowning victims. 3. Explain the importance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pediatric drowning victims. 4. Discuss the appropriate interventions for each stage of drowning-associated cardiac arrest. 5. Specify which pediatric ...

[Drowning accidents in childhood].

This paper reviews the pathophysiology and therapy of the multiorgan failure which occurs with submersion injury of children. First, the influence of hypothermia, the pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurologic and renal changes and the blood gas, acid-base and bloodvolume and serum electrolyte disturbances are discussed in detail. The therapeutic procedures are separated in the cardiopulmonary resus...

[Near-drowning and epilepsy during swimming].