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From June 26 until 29, 2002, the World Congress on Drowning was held in Amsterdam. More than 500 participants from over 40 countries joined in an intensive program. The congress was initiated by the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen, the Dutch Society to Rescue People from Drowning. The Society was founded in 1767 and is the first organization to get involved in the resuscitation of drowning people [1]. The publication of this Handbook on Drowning provides a good opportunity to give a brief history of the Society.
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With special thanks to the authors of the commemorative book Ideals on life and death [1], published in 1992 for the occasion of the 225th anniversary of the Society.
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Heldring, B. (2014). Brief History of Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen (The Society to Rescue People from Drowning). In: Bierens, J. (eds) Drowning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04253-9_1
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