TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode
JO  - Medical journal of Australia
A1  - Marchant, Jeanette
A1  - Cheng, Nicholas G.
A1  - Lam, Lawrence T.
A1  - Fahy, Fiona E.
A1  - Soundappan, S. V.
A1  - Sounndapound, SV
A1  - Cass, D. T.
A1  - Browne, Gary J.
SP  - 484
EP  - 485
VL  - 188
IS  - 8
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-729X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01725.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -