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Airway management, mechanical ventilation and resuscitation can be performed almost everywhere – even in space – but not under water. The present study assessed the technical feasibility of resuscitation under water in a manikin model.Tracheal intubation was assessed in a hyperbaric chamber filled with water at 20m of depth using the Pentax AWS S100 video laryngoscope, the Fastrach™ intubating laryngeal...
Drowning is a common cause of death in young adults. The 2010 guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council call for in-water-resuscitation (IWR). There has been controversy about IWR amongst emergency and diving physicians for decades. The aim of the present study was assessing the efficacy of IWR.In this randomized cross-over trial, nineteen lifeguards performed a rescue manoeuvre over a 100m...
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