Tracking Fatal Drownings in Public Swimming Pools: A Retrospective Multiscale Investigation Within France

Vignac, Élie; Lebihain, Pascal

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“…Recent research on recreational sports practiced in hazardous environments such as mountainous areas (Vanpoulle, Vignac & Soulé, 2017) or aquatic settings (Vignac, Lebihain & Soulé, 2015) have highlighted that the factual knowledge of accidents has not been perfected. These findings raise an important issue regarding the possibility of building prevention campaigns on concrete elements about accident circumstances and scenarios (Bierens & Scapigliati, 2014;Idris, Berg, Bierens, Bossaert, Branche, Gabrielli, Graves, Handley, Hoelle, & Morley, 2003).…”

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Learning from Incidents to Reduce the Risk of Drowning in Swimming Pools: Implementation of Experience-Based Feedback Regarding Near-Misses in Four Public Facilities in France

Vignac¹,

Lebihain²

2019

IJARE

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The prevention of sports accidents must rely on a detailed knowledge of accident circumstances and risk factors. Today, very few studies have investigated in depth non-fatal drowning incidents that have occurred in public swimming pools (PSP). Learning from incidents seems likely to advance the knowledge of accident scenarios. This research study aimed to capture minor incidents that might identify safety lessons and preventive measures. Incidents of minor and major aquatic events were collected from four PSPs that had hosted 700,000 bathers per year. About 800 incidents and 300 aquatic rescues performed by lifeguards were recorded within a time frame of two and one-half years. The analysis of results offered insights both in terms of managing risk and preventing drownings. Drowning risk management could directly benefit from the results of this study. Methodological recommendations also provided suggestions to ensure the proper collection of non-fatal drowning incidents in PSPs.

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Learning from Incidents to Reduce the Risk of Drowning in Swimming Pools: Implementation of Experience-Based Feedback Regarding Near-Misses in Four Public Facilities in France

Vignac¹,

Lebihain²

2019

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“…For different reasons, it is surprisingly impossible to assess the number of fatal drownings occurring in French public swimming pools (PSP) 1. To date, we must content ourselves with rough estimations ranging from 7 to 22 fatalities each year 2…”

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Quantification of degraded supervision of bathing in 108 French public swimming pools

Vignac

Lebihain

2016

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To prevent drowning incidents in French public swimming pools (PSP), bathing must be constantly supervised by qualified lifeguards. However, fatal drownings regularly occurs in supervised aquatic facilities, calling into question the efficacy of the supervision chain. The aim of this research is to fully assess the periods during which supervision is not carried out, or carried out in an inadequate manner. The observations made in 108 French PSP show that constant supervision, as stipulated by regulations, represents only half of the time. Over a total observation time of 54 hours, 147 periods during which the supervision system was degraded for 3 min or more were noticed. In the worst-case scenario, this possesses a significant problem in terms of survival probability without sequelae.

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Prévention des noyades en piscine publique

Vignac¹,

Lebihain²

2017

Revue Internationale De Psychosociologie Et De Gestion Des Comportements Organisationnels

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Conformément à la réglementation Étatique, la baignade, dans les piscines publiques d’accès payant, doit être surveillée de façon constante par du personnel qualifié dans le but prévenir la survenue de noyades. Or, plusieurs travaux de recherche montrent que la surveillance s’éloigne de cette prescription, en termes d’effectivité comme d’efficacité. Au sein d’un système composé de 5 piscines communautaires d’une collectivité du grand Ouest, 27 entretiens semi-directifs ont étés menés auprès de maîtres-nageurs sauveteurs, chefs de bassins et du responsable de pôle. Ils visaient à identifier les contraintes de divers ordres pesant sur les surveillants de baignade, susceptibles de retarder, voire d’entraver la détection d’un accident de noyade, au stade où un baigneur se trouve en détresse dans un bassin. L’analyse de ces entretiens nous montre que les arbitrages managériaux (fonctionnement prescrit, gestion des ressources humaines), la dynamique organisationnelle (contexte social, modes d’appropriation individuelle et collective du travail) mais aussi les représentations de la mission de surveillance et de la situation de noyade chez les maîtres-nageurs sauveteurs interfèrent avec la fonction de surveillance de la baignade, ou à tout le moins exercent une influence sur sa réalisation. Ce travail met en évidence, dans une logique préventive, qu’il est important de saisir ce qui se trame en amont des accidents en tentant d’appréhender la genèse des inadéquations et des contraintes. Si l’enjeu est de développer des outils à même d’explorer, en amont, les combinaisons de facteurs et les réseaux de causalité des accidents, l’intérêt de ce type d’analyse réside, finalement, dans la mise en évidence de signes avant-coureurs de vulnérabilité, sur lesquels il est parfois possible d’agir à moindre coût.

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Tracking Fatal Drownings in Public Swimming Pools: A Retrospective Multiscale Investigation Within France

Cited by 4 publications

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Learning from Incidents to Reduce the Risk of Drowning in Swimming Pools: Implementation of Experience-Based Feedback Regarding Near-Misses in Four Public Facilities in France

Learning from Incidents to Reduce the Risk of Drowning in Swimming Pools: Implementation of Experience-Based Feedback Regarding Near-Misses in Four Public Facilities in France

Quantification of degraded supervision of bathing in 108 French public swimming pools

Prévention des noyades en piscine publique

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