Handbook on Drowning Prevention, Rescue, Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bierens, Joost J. L. M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Forensic Medicine.

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...

Table of Contents:

• History
• The Epidemiology of Drowning
• The Prevention of Drowning
• Task Force on Rescue — Organisational Aspects: Planning, Training and Preparation
• Task Force on Rescue — Rescue Techniques
• Resuscitation
• Hospital Treatment
• Brain Resuscitation in the Drowning Victim
• Immersion Hypothermia
• Water-Related Disasters
• Breath-Hold, SCUBA and Hose Diving
• Investigation of Drowning Accidents.