2017
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-312684
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Drowning fatalities in childhood: the role of pre-existing medical conditions

Abstract: Objectives This study is an analysis of the contribution of pre-existing medical conditions to unintentional fatal child (0-14 years) drowning and a of critique prevention stratagems, with an exploration of issues of equity in recreation.

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“…Data were consolidated into the Royal Life Saving Society – Australia National Fatal Drowning Database. The method for collating and coding fatal drowning data in Australia has been published previously . This method has been shown to capture up to ~40% more fatal unintentional drownings than using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for unintentional drowning (W65‐74) only …”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Data were consolidated into the Royal Life Saving Society – Australia National Fatal Drowning Database. The method for collating and coding fatal drowning data in Australia has been published previously . This method has been shown to capture up to ~40% more fatal unintentional drownings than using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for unintentional drowning (W65‐74) only …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Supervision is necessary to prevent child drowning . Many drowning prevention and child safety advocates promote supervision as one component of a multi‐faceted strategy to reduce a child's risk of drowning, which also includes restricting a child's access to water, water familiarisation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for care givers.…”
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“…The retrospective study by Franklin et al 2 identified epilepsy as a risk factor in childhood drowning deaths, with a prevalence of 4.1% of drowning fatalities, compared with 0.7%–1.7% among the general, 0–14 years population (relative risk: 2.4–5.8). There was no increased risk associated with other pre-existing medical conditions, including asthma and intellectual disabilities.…”
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“…In Australia children aged five to seventeen years commonly drowned in inland waterways such as rivers and lakes across this five-year period (Franklin, Scarr, & Pearn, 2010;. While the rate of drowning of 5-14 year olds is low (Franklin, Pearn, & Peden, 2017) the rate of drowning rises steeply in late adolescence and the early years of adulthood (Queiroga & Peden, 2013). We postulate that this is due to young adults gaining more independence as they move out of the family home, recreating with peers rather than family, having access to the licensed use of motor vehicles to explore less familiar waterways, undertaking risker activities, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol.…”
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