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Prevention | Rescue | Resuscitation – The influence of New Zealand lifeguarding practice on global drowning prevention
Drowning is a serious public health issue and leading cause of unintentional injury mortality worldwide. Of the 320,000 deaths annually, most occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Not all drowning is fatal, but some survivors suffer long-term or permanent disability. Prompt rescue and …
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A retrospective analysis of the circumstantial factors contributing to drowning incidents reported in the South African media
… guidelines for the uniform reporting of drowning were published in 2003, and specifically call for the precipitating factor to be described. The aim of this study was to describe the precipitating factors contributing to fatal drowning incidents reported in the South African media between …