Who rescues who? Understanding aquatic rescues in Australia using coronial data and a survey

• Published in: Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2019-10, Vol.43 (5), p.477-483
• Main Authors: Franklin, Richard C., Peden, Amy E., Brander, Robert W., Leggat, Peter A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Australia - epidemiology; Beaches; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Datasets; Drowning; Drowning - epidemiology; Drowning - mortality; Drowning - prevention & control; Drownings; epidemiology; Fatalities; Female; Females; Funding; Harbors; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Households; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; injury prevention; Lifeguards; Lifesaving; Male; Males; Middle Aged; Polls & surveys; Prevention; Public health; Queensland - epidemiology; Recreation; Rescue Work - statistics & numerical data; rescues; Respondents; Resuscitation; Risk Factors; Skills; Society; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Swimming; Swimming Pools; Telephone surveys; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1326-0200; 1753-6405
• DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12900

To examine fatal drowning associated with aquatic rescues and prior self‐reported experience of undertaking an aquatic rescue in Australia. Previous aquatic rescue experience was sourced through the 2013 Queensland Computer Assisted Telephone Instrument Survey and compared to data on rescue‐related fatal unintentional drowning between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2015. Twenty‐three per cent (n=294/1291) of survey respondents had previously performed an aquatic rescue. Males (X2=35.2; p