CONFERENCE 2012

The Lifesaving Foundation will host a lifesaving conference in Dublin, Ireland from Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th September 2012. Download Conference Programme

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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.

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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

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