Citation

Marchant J, Cheng NG, Lam LT, Fahy FE, Soundappan SV, Sounndapound SV, Cass DT, Browne GJ. Med. J. Aust. 2008; 188(8): 484-485.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Erratum On

Med J Aust 2007;189(1):56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01725.x

PMID

18429720

Abstract

Eight children suffered drowning or near-drowning in Sydney pools over an 11-day period in January 2007. Four received basic life support (BLS) within 5 minutes of immersion and survived with good functional neurological outcomes. The other four were not discovered for >or= 5 minutes and all died. This cluster serves as a reminder that timely effective bystander BLS is crucial to survival and good clinical outcomes in near-drowning episodes.

Language: en