Leonardo Manino

EPSA ARG. ILS Medical Committee . IDRA. Civil Defense Rosario ARG

Importance: Resuscitation is a niche example of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected society in the long term. Those trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) face the dilemma that attempting to save a life may result in their own harm. This is most of all a problem for drowning, where hypoxia is the cause of cardiac arrest and ventilation...

Declaración de posición de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Prehospitalaria (SAMPRE), acerca del uso de oxígeno suplementario de emergencia en el ahogamiento, particularmente por parte de los Guardavidas.

Background Drowning is a significant public health issue with more than 320,000 deaths globally every year. These numbers are greatly underestimated, however, due to factors such as inadequate data collection, inconsistent categorization and failure to report in certain regions and cultures. The objective of this study was to develop a standardised...

Esta declaración de posición se presenta en nombre de la Alianza internacional de investigadores en Ahogamiento (International Drowning Researchers’ Alliance [IDRA], la Federación Internacional de Socorrismo (International Life Saving Federation – Comité Médico [ILS-MC] y la Federación Internacional de Rescate Marítimo (International Maritime Rescu...

The following recommendations were developed in April-May 2020 and based on the current knowledge of the SARSCoV- 2 virus (COVID-19). As countries, regions and aquatic organisations are at different stages of the disease and have different approaches to reducing the impact of the virus, there may be variations in practice that need to be considered...

Introducción El Ahogamiento se define como "la situación de sufrir dificultad respiratoria a causa de la sumersión o inmersión en un medio líquido", pudiendo ser su resultado fatal o no fatal con o sin secuelas. Esta definición de expertos fue aceptada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud en 2005. (1) Teniendo en cuenta la fisiopatología del aho...

Despite great progress worldwide in water safety and drowning prevention, major challenges remain for MIC/LIC. One of the greatest is language. The chosen language of the ILS is English, but this can be a barrier to dialog, comprehension, and implementation in non-English speaking countries. This presentation will explore the challenges and a sol...

Flooding is the most frequent natural disaster worldwide. It causes the greatest aggregate loss of life and property of all natural disasters. Long term effects include contaminated water supplies and related diseases, damage to roads and transport that slow emergency response, damage to farmland and industry, and psychological effects to those imp...

The Spinal cord injury (“SCI”) is an all too common accident to occur in the aquatic environment, and its periodicity depends on the characteristics of the environment. Lifesavers and rescuers are in a dilemma when called upon to rescue and manage SCI victims: • Which victims are to be considered as SCI case? • Which specific methods are to be appl...