This theme addresses medical issues, resuscitation, and treatment, and includes papers that:

• Advance resuscitation guidelines
• Advance medical treatment of drowning patients
• Analyse the impact of neurological and other outcomes following non-fatal drowning
• Outline systems, case reports and best practice standards for aeromedical rescue
• Explore the role of pre-existing medical conditions in drowning
• Explore first responder mental health
• Outline approaches to Resuscitation, first aid and response training for lifeguards and other rescuers, including advanced training and education for medical providers

 

The WCDP committee have released the Coastal Safety accepted papers, take a look below. More papers to follow. 

Disclaimer: papers were correct at the time of publishing. Please note, circumstances may change beyond the control of the organisers, which may necessitate substitutions or alterations to the conference program.

Presenting	Title of Submission	Decision
Ogilvie Thom	Does on scene oxygen therapy prior to the arrival of Emergency Medical Services improve outcomes from resuscitation of drowning? A case match analysis of 216 patients.	Oral
MASASHI KASAHARA	Injury and Illness Surveillance of Lifesavers in Lifesaving Competitions	Poster
Niklas Breindahl	Evaluation of a critical incident management system on mental health in lifeguard organisations: A retrospective study	Oral
Kasper Bitzer	The role of accidental hypothermia in drowning-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A Danish six-year retrospective cohort study	Oral
Allart Venema	Manual versus mechanical chest compressions on a lifeboat in different wave heights	Oral
Ana Catarina Queiroga	PTSD following a nonfatal drowning in a professional rescuer	Oral
Samantha Fien	The neglected domain of mental health in adolescent surf lifesavers	Oral
David Reid	An exploration of first aid provided to beachgoers on Australian beaches	Oral
João Claudio Campos Pereira	The development of competences for the care of drowned patients, using the flipped classroom, in a medical course	Poster
Samantha Fien	Developing a national survey to understand mental health in Surf Life Saving	Oral
Riley Huntley	Review of pulse check and BVM skills among lifeguards: Practices based on evidence-based research or expert consensus?	Poster
Riccardo Ristori	FASD Ultrasound (Focused Assessment with Sonography for drowning), proposal for decision making	Poster
Danielle Taylor	Pre-Existing Medical Conditions: A Silent Contributor to Adult Drowning	Oral
Alexandre Tadeia	Positioning the conscious drowning victim	Oral
Md shafkat Hossain	Communities’ immediate practice and health seeking behavior for child drowning cases: qualitative findings from the most drowning prone areas of Bangladesh.	Oral
Zobaer Alam	A case series of 18 hospitalized under-five non-fatal drowning victims in rural Bangladesh	Oral
Joost Bierens	The position of lifeguards in the updated 2023 drowning resuscitation guidelines	Oral
Md. Abu Talab	Title: Burden of treatment cost for fatal and non-fatal drowning in Bangladesh: Findings from a national population-based survey	Oral
RENAN ZANELA	Technical Knowledge about Basic Life Support for Drowned Persons by Doctors, Nurses and Nursing Technicians	Poster
Mohammad Hossain	Impact of community-based first responder development for the management of drowning casualties in rural areas of Bangladesh	Poster
Zobaer Alam	Health care seeking behavior of under-five non-fatal child drownings in rural Bangladesh	Poster
Md. Abu Talab	Title: First aid practices and health seeking behaviors of caregivers for non-fatal drowning in Bangladesh: Sharing experiences from a national population-based survey	Poster
João Paulo	Water rescue: suggestion of new terminology	Poster
Paulo Filho	Immunological aspects to the patient from drowning: an understanding for efficient treatment	Poster
Paulo Nunes	Potential risks of pathogen transmission in mouth-to-mouth ventilation in drowned patients: a mini-review	Poster