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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
The 2011 Ireland Medal has been awarded to Professor Linda Quan MD (USA) for her work in the fields of drowning prevention and resuscitation.
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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.
WEDNESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER
8.00pm START
Opening Welcome Session
Dinner
Informal Refreshment Function
THURSDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
8.30am START
Dr. STATHIS AVRAMIDIS PhD:
The Art of Music: Water Safety related messages delivered by song lyrics
Stathis Avramidis is a prolific author on lifesaving matters having published many books and articles. He is employed at the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
Dr. PER-LUDVIK KJENDLIE PhD:
Can you swim: swimming skills in flat and unsteady conditions?
Per Ludvik Kjendlie is Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Performance, Vestfold University College, Tonsberg, Norway. He was co-chairman of 11th International symposium for Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming, Oslo 2010.
Dr. JOHN PEARN MD:
Snorkelling Fatalities: The Silent Snorkelling Syndrome
Dr. John Pearn is Professor of Paediatrics in the Royal Children’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He is National Medical Advisor to Royal Life Saving Australia and International Life Saving.
Dr. FRANK PIA PhD:
Lifesaving Surveillance: Myths, Misconceptions and Solutions: a human information processing perspective
Dr. Francesco Pia is a psychologist, President of Pia Enterprises, and a water safety and lifeguard advisor to the American Red Cross. He is associated with concepts such as Distress versus Drowning signals, and the Instinctive Drowning Response (IDR). (1 hour presentation)
Dr. ROBERT STALLMAN PhD:
A comparative analysis of competitive lifesaving and real rescue
Dr. Robert Stallman has had a long career in swimming and is a member of the Norwegian School of Sports Science. He has written extensively on swimming and drowning prevention.
Dr. ANA CATARINA QUEIROGA PhD:
Trends in peer-reviewed drowning research: evidence of uneven effort around the world.
Dr. Ana Catarina Queiroga is a Microbiologist with a PhD in Biology. Since 2006 Catarina has been engaged in several water lifesaving-related projects being an active member of the World Water Safety Conference 2007 Organizing Committee. For the last 5 years Catarina has been teaching Risk Assessment, Human Resources Management and Systemic Coordination in the Professional Water Safety Course at Social Economy Professional School (Portugal). From 2009 she has been the Chief Operating Officer at the same school, and Director and Founder of +Saúde.Qoop – a workgroup responsible for the promotion of health and well being in the school and surrounding environment.
Dr. LILLAN MADSEN PhD:
Observation skills - a didactic challenge in learning process. Balance and Breathing in basic natural movement competences in the water - is in focus.
Dr. Lillan Madsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Copenhagen.
W/C MICHAEL FONFE:
The need for a swim manual to back-up a teaching paradigm change to Float-and-Breathe First, then swim.
Since retiring from the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander Michael Fonfe has become immersed in swimming and drowning prevention alongside of his wife Christine who is the founder of the Sri Lanka Women’s Swimming Project. He is currently writing a swimming instruction manual for persons with low literacy.
Mr. LUIS PASCUAL-GOMEZ:
Techniques to control and stabilise a person in distress or in the process of drowning in a water rescue
Luis Miguel Pascual-Gomez trained as a Primary School Teacher but works in industry management. He is a swimming and lifesaving instructor and Teaching Manager with the Segovia Life Saving School, Spain and co-author of articles on drowning prevention and rescue in the handbook on Drowning.
Ms. BARBARA KUSYANTO:
Safe Shores: Community partnership targets water-related injury and drowning amongst children and youth in rural and remote communities
Barbara Kusyanto is Chief Administrative Officer, Lifesaving Society Alberta & Northwest Territories. She has a wide experience with public drowning prevention, education and training programme development, and rescue strategies.
The Thursday discussion topic will be Lifesaving Research.
The introductory presentation will be made by Professor Stephen Langendorfer.
Dr. STEPHEN LANGENDORFER PhD:
A review of drowning related research published in the first six (6) volumes of IJARE (2007-2012).
Stephen Langendorfer is Professor of Kinesiology in the School of Human Movement, Sport & Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. He is editor of the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education (IJARE).
Dr. LINDA QUAN MD:
Drowning: A cultural condition
Linda Quan is an emergency attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Washington. She has spent a large part of her career on research into drowning and is a water safety advisor to the American Red Cross.
Mr. SHAYNE BAKER:
Royal Life Saving Australia in Asia
Shayne Baker is a former national president of Royal Life Saving Australia and currently works as its National Education and Training Advisor. He has a special interest in promoting water safety in developing countries.
Mr. JOHN CONNOLLY: International Drowning Resistant Guidelines
John Connolly is a retired Primary School principal teacher. He has had a long career in lifesaving and is Honorary Chief Executive of the Lifesaving Foundation.
FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
8.30am START
NEAR-DEATH DROWNING EXPERIENCES
This will consist of a 3 hour programme of presentations and workshops.
Dr. JAN HOLDEN EdD and Dr. STATHIS AVRAMIDIS PhD:
Near-death experiences in drowning victims: an understanding & of the phenomenon and best practice in responding to it
Jan Holden has over 30 years experience as a mental health counsellor and therapist and is Professor of Counseling at the University of North Texas. She has been President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and is currently Editor of its Journal of Near-Death Studies.
M/s ELIZABETH BENNETT:
Increasing Personal Floatation Device use among children and families – from programme to policy
Elizabeth Bennett is Director of Guest Service, Partnerships and Advocacy at Seattle Children’s Hospital, USA. She has long had an interest in open water drowning prevention. She is co-chair of the International Task Force on Open Water Drowning Prevention.
Dr. STEPHEN LANGENDORFER PhD:
An illustrated developmental proposal for a Drowning Risk Assessment (DRA) observation instrument
Stephen Langendorfer is Professor of Kinesiology in the School of Human Movement, Sport & Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. He is editor of the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education (IJARE).
HALF – DAY BREAK
7.45pm START
Mr MICHAEL MORRIS JP:
Living with a brain damaged child
Mr. Michael Morris is the founder of The Samuel Morris Foundation, an Australian charity specialising in supporting families with brain damaged children.
The Friday night the discussion will be based on a paper by Professor Michael Tipton and Admiral Frank Golden published in Resuscitation (2011).
A proposed decision-making guide for the search, rescue and resuscitation of submersion (head under) victims based on expert opinion.
The introductory presentation will be made by Professor Michael Tipton.
Dr. Michael Tipton is Professor of Human & Applied Physiology at the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Naval Medicine. He is co-author with Admiral Frank Golden of the book Essentials of Sea Survival.
Mr. JOHN LONG:
An update on Warwick Medical School CPR projects
John Long is both a retired senior police officer and former RLSS Commonwealth Secretary General. He is an RLSS Commonwealth Vice-President, and an Independent Member of the Trials Steering and Data Monitoring Committee for the PaRAMeDIC Trials Project which includes the LUCAS project.
Dr. PHILIPPE LUNETTA MD:
Suicide by Drowning – a difficult conclusion
Philippe Lunetta is a forensic pathologist working in the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
9.00am START
DROWNING MORBIDITY PART ONE
Dr. LINDA QUAN MD:
Estimating the burden of drowning outcomes – an epidemiologic approach
Linda Quan is an emergency attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Washington. She has spent a large part of her career conducting research into drowning and is a water safety advisor to the American Red Cross.
Dr. CHRISTOPHER GARNER THORPE MD:
How does the brain cope with insults?
Christopher Garner-Thorpe is a consultant neurologist in Exeter, United Kingdom, and Editor of the Journal of Medical Biography.
THE IRELAND MEDAL PRESENTATION CEREMONY
The presentation of the 2011 Ireland Medal to Professor Linda Quan
THE TITANIC CENTENARY MEMORIAL PRESENTATION
Dr. MICHAEL TIPTON PhD:
Titanic: Sea Survival and Rescue, then and now
Michael Tipton is Professor of Human & Applied Physiology at the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Naval Medicine. He is co-author with Admiral Frank Golden of the book Essentials of Sea Survival.
DROWNING MORBIDITY PART TWO
Dr. DAVID SZPILMAN MD:
The initial treatment of drowning casualties
David Szpilman is Head of the Adult Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, Brazil, and former Head of the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department’s Drowning Resuscitation Centre. He is Medical Advisor to the Brazilian Life Saving Society (SOBRASA).
Dr. JOHN PEARN MD:
Children and their families in the aftermath of near-fatal drowning
John Pearn is Professor of Paediatrics in the Royal Children’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He is National Medical Advisor to Royal Life Saving Australia and International Life Saving. He is an acknowledged world expert in the field of paediatric drowning prevention and rescue.
Dr. CORMAC BREATHNACH:
Drowning morbidity in Ireland
Dr. Cormac Breathnach is a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicing at Our Lady's Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin.
Dr. PHILIPPE LUNETTA:
Drowning morbidity and hospital discharge data from Finland
Philippe Lunetta is a forensic pathologist working in the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Dr. JOOST BIERENS MD:
Do we need a classification system to capture drowning morbidity?
Joost Bierens is an anaesthetist, and former intensive care and emergency physician, from the Netherlands. Being a lifeguard during his medical studies, he published a large number of scientific papers and book chapters on drowning, completed a PhD thesis on drowning (‘Drowning in the Netherlands’; 1996) and coordinated the publication of the first and revised second edition of The Handbook on Drowning. He is medical advisor to the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen (founded in 1767) and the Royal Dutch Life Boat Institute.
PROGRAMME UPDATED 15TH MAY 2012.