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CONFERENCE 2012

The Lifesaving Foundation will host a lifesaving conference in Dublin, Ireland from Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th September 2012. Anyone interested in attending the conference please send an email to mblifesavingfoundation@gmail.com

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2011 IRELAND MEDAL

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The 2011 Ireland Medal has been awarded to Professor Linda Quan MD (USA) for her work in the fields of drowning prevention and resuscitation.


MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Lifesaving Foundation membership is open to any adult interested in supporting its aim and projects. The Foundation is a company limited by guarantee (€2.00 per member) without a share capital.
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HONOURS / AWARDS RECEIVED

The Lifesaving Foundation and its members have been the recipients of a number of international awards and honours.


Welcome to The Lifesaving Foundation

The Lifesaving Foundation is an international charity based in Ireland devoted to saving lives from drowning worldwide. Membership of the charity is open to any person interested in supporting its aim. The charity supports a number of projects in Ireland and  in developing countries. These include research into suicide by drowning in Ireland, training unemployed swimmers as lifeguards in South Africa, promoting schools based lifesaving in Lesotho, and supporting the teaching of women to swim in Sri Lanka. The Foundation also hosts an annual conference promoting research into drowning and water rescue.

WHAT WE DO

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NEWSLETTER FEB 2012

WHO WE ARE

NEWS

8th May 2012

Rescue films

The following links will bring you to filmed news reports of real rescues as they happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPQIr8dl5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNvV5m6SGA&feature=endscreen&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCLnXMzjr4&feature=endscreen&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=M6crv5q-bfU

What does a person look like when they are drowning?

These links will bring you to a paper and short film about the Instinctive Drowning Response first proposed many years ago by Dr. Francesco Pia PhD who is one of the Keynote speakers at the Foundation’s 2012 conference in September. Full details of the conference are available on our website.

http://visitindigo.com/2011/07/drowning-doesnt-look-like-drowning/

http://mariovittone.com/2011/07/video-of-instinctive-drowning-response/

23rd April 2012

Man drowns following heart attack while trying to save a child in a rip current

22nd April 2012

Fathers in different parts of the world drown while saving their sons

Two fathers, one in the sea off Cornwall (United Kingdom) and another in the Columbia River (USA) enter water to rescue their sons and drowned. Thanks to the selfless actions of the parents both sons were saved.

Peter Sleeman threw a life-buoy to his adult son Paul who had been washed into the sea by a large wave before being washed in himself.
They had been fishing off rocks. Link

Brant Hicks was fishing from a boat with his 2 year old son Kohen. Neither were wearing lifejackets. Kohen fell into the river and his father jumped in after him and managed to hand his son to a rescuer before drowning. Link

18th April 2012

This is a link to the website of Dr. David Szpilman MD. He is Head of an Intensive Care Unit in Brazil and former Head of the Rio de Janeiro Fire Departments Drowning Resuscitation Centre on Copa Cabana Beach. The website contains a lot of useful information and papers.

http://www.szpilman.com/english/english.htm

The following is a link to The International Swimming Hall of Fame's website with details of its Safer Swimmer Float.
The float, in addition to acting as a marker and safety device, it protects the swimmers clothing and property from theft.

http://www.ishof.org/safety/ssd.htm

10th April 2012

Rescuers in Danger News Reports

Drownings Surprised Lifesavers

Drowning Victims ID'd as Valliant Family

Girl 3 drowns in pool alongside 65 year old grandmother

23rd March 2012

Reducing Drowning by Half - The Australian Water Safety Council Conference 2012

Woman drowns in canal after looking at wasps nest

Learn about Dry Drowning

Fire Chief told Policeman to leave drowning man

CDC Fact Sheet on Unintentional Drowning

13th March 2012

Check our water safety menu for the new template posters produced by The Kenya Lifesaving Federation. The text in the text free version can be substituted by text in any language free of charge.

12th March 2012

Aquatics International Article: Drowning Prevention Efforts are Expanding

29th February 2012

With two recent cruise ship incidents this 2004 lecture entitled Many Are Cold But Few Are Frozen delivered by Rear Admiral Frank Golden is worth reading as the information and advice is still relevant.

26th February 2012

Mother in shock at sons drowning in Australia

Grandmother and grandson drown in pond feeding ducks

Baby drownings prevention tips

24th February 2012

Toddler drowns in pool in derelict site

Recent drownings highlight importance of water safety in New Zealand

Recent drownings reminder of water safety in Washington

Prevention campaign planned after recent pool drownings

14th February 2012

Rebecca Robinson created a petition: United Nations: Add Drowning to Millenium Development Goal #4 Reduce Child Mortality.

To read more and sign the petition go to http://www.change.org/petitions/united-nations-add-drowning-to-millennium-development-goal-4-reduce-child-mortality?share_id=naxVeEVxpr&

10th February 2012

Update on Pool Managers charged with recklessness after pool death.

Update

7th February 2012

Pool Managers charged with recklessness after pool death.

http://www.heraldnews.com/newsnow/x392613950/Arraignments-expected-Tuesday-related-to-Fall-River-pool-drowning

Sudden Death during the Triathlon is a paper in The Journal of American Medical Association (2010) examining mainly swimming deaths in US Triathlons between 2006 and 2008.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/303/13/1255.full

2nd February 2012

Robert Cadman has dedicated his working life to promoting awareness of water safety in Sligo, setting up the first approved swim school in Rosses Point being just one of his many feats.

The Sligo Champion recently did an article on Robert Cadman you will find details under the Honours/Awards section.

26th January 2012

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2012, 6, 1-3

This issue also contains a very interesting educational and theoretical paper contributed by John Connolly from The Lifesaving Foundation, formerly the Irish Lifesaving Foundation, entitled "The C-Zones Framework". John has an abiding interest in understanding how to prevent drownings. Because of that interest, he proposed a clinical framework comprised of a series of seven "zones", which represent ordered categories in the progression of a typical drowning incident. The article is offered as a first step prior to validating its application for educational and debriefing purposes in drowning prevention.

Steve Langendorfer, Editor 

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

If you wish to view and download this paper you will find it listed under Publications.

 

11th January 2012

If you would like to listen to details of the Irish High Court decision to issue a Do Not Resuscitate order for a 6 year old boy (it includes a long interview with a medico-legal expert) do the following;
1. Go to this web address
http://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!channel=0
2. Type     Drivetime      into the search facility

3. Select Show January 11th 2012

4. Slide the running time slide to 03.00minutes

5. Listen

11th January 2012

The Irish High Court ruled today that a six year old boy who received a serious brain injury in a drowning incident over four years ago, should not be resuscitated if his condition deteriorates.
Further details are available on the attachment or from the Irish news website.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0111/court_drowning.html

Good news from Pat Wilcox about the Lifeguard Training Project in South Africa.

10th January 2012

Dear John and all the wonderful members of the lifesaving foundation,

Thank you for all your ongoing support it is really appreciated. I had a very rewarding last quarter with good candidates and they all got at least a few days work in the summer.

Municipal seasonal contracts, private resorts, swim school functions, Jewish summer camp and private functions all requested help from the club. It was good to be able to give so many new lifeguards the opportunity of working so soon after qualifying.

Hope you all had a peaceful christmas and best wishes for 2012 from South Africa.

Regards

Pat Wilcox