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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fire and Rescue The Hague Region, PO Box 52158, 2505 CD, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Rob K. Brons LLM (Chief Fire Officer National Commander, Urban Search and Rescue Team, The Netherlands, Chairman, Examination Committee, Dutch Life Saving Association)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Professor Joost J. L. M. Bierens MD, PhD, MCDM (Professor in Emergency Medicine Member, medical committee, International Life Saving Federation, Advisory board, Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen, Member, Medical Commission Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution)

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joost J. L. M. Bierens MD, PhD, MCDM (Professor in Emergency Medicine Member, medical committee, International Life Saving Federation, Advisory board, Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen, Member, Medical Commission Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution) (Professor in Emergency Medicine Member, medical committee, International Life Saving Federation, Advisory board, Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen, Member, Medical Commission Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution)

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Brons, R.K., Bierens, J.J.L.M. (2006). Water-Related Disasters. In: Bierens, J.J.L.M. (eds) Handbook on Drowning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29656-5_10

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