833 Drowning prevention and life saving program 2012 Thailand

Prevention and Treatment of Drowning.

Nearly 4,000 drowning deaths occur annually in the United States, with drowning representing the most common injury-related cause of death in children one to four years of age. Drowning is a process that runs the spectrum from brief entry of liquid into the airways with subsequent clearance and only minor temporary injury, to the prolonged presence of fluid in the lungs leading to lung dysfunct...

Willingness to pay per quality-adjusted life year for life-saving treatments in Thailand

OBJECTIVE To estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) value for life-saving treatments and to determine factors affecting the WTP per QALY value. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey with multistage sampling and face-to-face interviews. SETTING General population in the southern part of Thailand. PARTICIPANTS A total of 600 individuals were included in the st...

Drowning episodes: prevention and resuscitation tips.

CPR for drowning survivors differs from that commonly used in cardiogenic cardiac arrest. Routine antibiotic prophylaxis is not indicated.

Cost-effectiveness of an injury and drowning prevention program in Bangladesh.

OBJECTIVE Interventions that mitigate drowning risk in developing countries are needed. This study presents the cost-effectiveness of a low-cost, scalable injury and drowning prevention program called Prevention of Child Injuries through Social-Intervention and Education (PRECISE) in Bangladesh. METHODS Between 2006 and 2010, the 2 components of PRECISE (Anchal, which sequestered children in ...

Life-saving and life-taking: a comment.