Drowning
Conditions
Brief summary
Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of accidental death in the world. One of the tools used by lifeguards to help ER assess gravity, is pulse oximetry. Its measure is variable even in optimal condition and its accuracy can be altered by factors specific to the patient and by environmental factors. The conditions gathered during a drowning rescue are thus propitious to a misleading evaluation. Assessing its reliability and looking for influencing factors of the measure of pulse oximetry could help for pre-hospital care management.
Detailed description
The research focuses on the measurement of pulse oximetry among lifeguard on the Atlantic coast of Gironde, France, before and after their daily training, using a standardized measurement protocol. The follow-up will be done during the beach monitoring period during the summer of 2020. A total of 3 months of measurement collection is expected.
Interventions
OTHERDrowning
Measurement of pulse oximetry, after lifeguard immersion during their morning training
Sponsors
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Lifeguard working on the Girondine Atlantic coast * up to 18 years old, * no smoker, * No chronic pathology.
Exclusion criteria
* Chronic cardiac pathology, * Chronic respiratory pathology, * Acrosyndrome, * Smoker.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of abnormal pulse oximetry measure | 3 months after inclusion day | Quantify the number of subjects, whose pulse oximetry is measured as abnormal (superior to 94%) after immersion for 15 min in the ocean, in real condition. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Variation of pulse oximetry according to individuals factors | 3 months after inclusion day | Measures of immersion time, BMI before / after immersion. |
| Variation of pulse oximetry according to environnementals factors | 3 months after inclusion day | Measures of air, water temperatures, felt air temperature, wet thermometer temperature, wind speed before / after immersion. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed