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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.
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.
Honours Received by Foundation Members
Robert Cadman, a long-time director of the Lifesaving Foundation, seldom speaks about his role as a young first aider on Bloody Sunday in Derry, 40 years ago. Time and again he risked his life trying to save others and was shown in a recent History Channel documentary performing CPR in the middle of a road while bullets were exchanged around him between soldiers and the IRA.
He 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 newspaper recently did an article on Robert Cadman.
You will find the link here.
http://www.sligochampion.ie/lifestyle/the-real-lifesaver-2975120.html
Dr. Stathis Avramidis PhD received the 2009 Aquatic Safety award from the United States International Swimming Hall of Fame for his ‘outstanding contributions to water safety and lifeguarding worldwide’. He was the youngest and first non-American to receive this award. Stathis’ PhD thesis ‘The 4W Model on Drowning’ contains one of the most comprehensive overviews of drowning and rescues ever published. The full downloadable version of his thesis is available on the Foundation website. He is employed by The Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Greece.
Brendan Donohoe travelled to London to receive Honorary Life Membership of The Royal Life Saving Commonwealth Society from HRH Prince Michael of Kent, in recognition of his 40 plus years service to lifesaving in Ireland and in the developing world.
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John Connolly received Honorary Life Membership of The Royal Life Saving Society UK in recognition of his long service to lifesaving in Ireland and elsewhere. The photo shows John in the Guildhall, London, with his wife Phil and two of their children Stephen and Siobhan.
Presentation of The Surgeon-General John White Medal (Australia) to Lifesaving Foundation CEO John Connolly at the 2007 World Drowning Prevention Conference in Amsterdam. The medal was presented to John by Major General John Pearn, Australian Surgeon-General (retired) in recognition of his service to saving lives from drowning in Waterford, Ireland and worldwide.