• Med. J. Aust. · Apr 2008

    Comparative Study

    Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode.

    • Jeanette Marchant, Nicholas G Cheng, Lawrence T Lam, Fiona E Fahy, S V Soundappan, S V Sounndapound, Danny T Cass, and Gary J Browne.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
    • Med. J. Aust. 2008 Apr 21; 188 (8): 484-5.

    AbstractEight 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.

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