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    DROWNING PREVENTION

    CONFERENCE

    Dublin Fire Brigade Training Centre

    & Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

    Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th September, 2011

    THE

    FOUNDATIONLifesavingSAVINGLIVESFROMDROWNING

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    Friday, 23rd September, 2011

    Open Drowning Prevention Conerence, 2011

    Friday night, 23rd September

    FREE ADMISSION

    7.00 p.m.

    Dublin Fire Brigade raining Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin 3

    A hidden pandemic the world drowning crisisDr Stathis Avramidis, PhD, Te Hellenic Centre orDisease Control and Prevention, GreecePrevention rather than rescue liesavers respond to the

    world drowning crisisDr Kevin Moran, PhD, Te University o Auckland &Chair o WaterSae Auckland, New Zealand

    I can swim! Can I swim?Dr. Robert Stallman, PhD, the Norwegian School o

    Sports Science, Norway.

    Pathophysiology o drowning and consequences

    or optimal resuscitationDr Joost Bierens, MD, PhD, anaesthesiologist,co-ordinating editor o the Handbook on Drowning,

    Netherlands.

    Diagnostic challenges associated with bodies ound in waterDr. Philippe Lunetta, MD, PhD. Dept o Forensic Medicine,

    University o Helsinki, Finland.

    Please e-mail your intention to attend for catering/seating purposes to

    [email protected]

    THE

    FOUNDATION

    LifesavingSAVINGLIVESFROMDROWNING

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    Saturday, 24th September, 2011

    Camden Court Hotel Conerence Centre, Camden Street, Dublin 2

    10.00 am: General Presentations

    Lives saved, lives lost, lives assisted what denes a rescue rom drowning?

    Dr Kevin Moran, PhD, the University o Auckland &

    Chair o WaterSae Auckland, New Zealand Te eect o acute anxiety on the magnitude o the cold shock response

    Dr. Martin Barwood, PhD, Researcher in Applied Physiology,

    Portsmouth University, UK

    raining cold water lieguards in warm water a good or bad practice?

    Ms. Janet Wilson is a ormer chairperson o the RLSS UK

    Education Committee, UK.

    11.50 am: Teme: Suicide by Drowning

    Suicide by Drowning a difcult conclusion?

    Dr. Philippe Lunetta, MD, PhD. Dept o Forensic Medicine,University o Helsinki, Finland.

    Te swimming rescue o suicide by drowning casualties

    Mr John Connolly is Honorary Chie Executive Ofcer o

    Te Liesaving Foundation

    1.00 pm: Lunch in Camden Court Hotel

    2.00 pm: General Presentations

    What does Hollywood tell us about drowning and liesaving?

    Dr Stathis Avramidis, PhD, the Hellenic Centre or Disease

    Control and Prevention, Greece C-Zones Te Connolly Drowning Analytical Framework

    Mr John Connolly is Honorary Chie Executive Ofcer o

    Te Liesaving Foundation

    3.50 pm: Aquatic readiness: A developmental approach in learning to swim

    Proessor Stephen Langendorer, Bowling Green State

    University, USA & Editor o International Journal o Aquatic

    Research and Education, USA.

    No stroke rst All strokes rst

    Why the question o which stroke should be taught rstis not relevant

    Dr. Robert Stallman, PhD, the Norwegian School o Sports Science, Norway.

    Close

    Te Lifesaving Foundation is an independent international charity devoted to saving lives fromdrowning. It does this by promoting research into suicide by drowning, personal drowning survival

    skills and other topics. Te Foundation also supports female swimming instruction and the trainingof unemployed youths as lifeguards in developing countries. Membership is open to any interested

    person.

    Web: www.lifesavingfoundation.ie - E-mail: [email protected]

    Admission Fee: 50.00 (includes lunch)ickets available from:

    11 Iveragh Close, Lismore Lawn, Waterford City or by e-mail.

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    Te Lifesaving Foundation, 11 Iveragh Close, Lismore Lawn, Waterford City, Ireland.

    elephone: 086 8128671