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Dr David Szpilman graduated in medicine in 1982, worked from 1990 to 2010, as a medical doctor with lifeguards at the Drowning Resuscitation Centre (Fire Department of Rio de Janeiro). This Centre is a pre-hospital emergency facility at the Rio de Janeiro Beaches, specially developed in the 60s to deal with aquatic emergencies. The reference hospital for trauma is his other job (Former Head of the Adult Intensive Care Unit for 12 years – Municipal Miguel Couto Hospital), which allows him to follow up all the occurrences since pre- to hospital-care. Founder and Former President of Brazilian Life Saving Society – SOBRASA, and currently Medical Director, he is member of Brazilian National Resuscitation Council and of the Medical and Prevention Commissions of the International Lifesaving Federation (ILS), founder of the International Drowning Researchers Alliance (IDRA). He is a reviewer of major journals in his field of work such as New England Journal of Medicine, Resuscitation, Critical Care Medicine and British Medical Journal. He his author of 4 books, 89 book chapters and 234 papers in National/International Medical Literature, with more than 600 drowning Lectures on National/ International Conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
David Szpilman

Citation names

  • Szpilman, David

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BD17-3360-69EE
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3961-3640

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Critical care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - General and Internal Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Respiratory Systems

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
1998/05/23 - 1998/06/16
Concluded
 Surf Lifeguard (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Fire Department
San Diego Lifeguard Academy, United States
1996/01 - 1996/12
Concluded
 Intensive Care Specialist (Postgraduate Certificate)
Associacao de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brazil
1984 - 1985
Concluded
 Internal Medicine (Postgraduate Certificate)
Hospital Naval Marcílio Dias, Brazil
1982
Concluded
 Medicina (Doctor)
Fundação Tecnico Educação Souza Marques Escola de Medicina Souza Marques, Brazil
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1990/12/18 - Current Assistente graduado sénior (Médica) Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 - 1995 Assistente graduado (Médica) Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvamar da Barra da Tijuca, Brazil

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1995 - 1998 President Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático, Brazil
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Bierens, J.; Berg, R.; Morley, P.; Szpilman, D.; Warner, D.. Drowning. 2007.
    10.1017/CBO9780511544828.063
Book chapter
  1. Szpilman, David. "Afogamento". In TRAUMA - a doença dos séculos, 2247-2266. EDITORA Atheneu, 2001.
    Published
  2. Szpilman, David. "Afogamento". In Pneumologia. Editora Atheneum, 1995.
    Published
Journal article
  1. David Szpilman; Jose Palacios Aguilar; Roberto Barcala-Furelos; Shayne Baker; Cody Dunne; Amy E. Peden; Rob Brander; et al. "Drowning and aquatic injuries dictionary". Resuscitation Plus 5 (2021): 100072-100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2020.100072.
    10.1016/j.resplu.2020.100072
  2. Bierens, J.; Abelairas-Gomez, C.; Barcala Furelos, R.; Beerman, S.; Claesson, A.; Dunne, C.; Elsenga, H.E.; et al. "Resuscitation and emergency care in drowning: A scoping review". Resuscitation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.01.033.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.01.033
  3. Barcala-Furelos, Roberto; Szpilman, David; Abelairas-Gómez, Cristian; Alonso-Calvete, Alejandra; Domínguez-Graña, María; Martínez-Isasi, Santiago; Palacios-Aguilar, José; Rodríguez-Núñez, Antonio. "Plastic blanket drowning kit: A protection barrier to immediate resuscitation at the beach in the Covid-19 era. A pilot study.". The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38 11 (2020): 2395-2399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.101.
    10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.101
  4. Szpilman, David; Morgan, Paddy. "Management for the Drowning Patient". Chest (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.007.
    10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.007
  5. Queiroga, Ana C.; Webber, Jonathon; Szpilman, David. "Nonfatal Drowning in People with Parkinson's Disease". Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 7 8 (2020): 999-1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13081.
    10.1002/mdc3.13081
  6. William Koon; Andrew Schmidt; Ana Catarina Queiroga; Justin Sempsrott; David Szpilman; Jonathon Webber; Robert Brander. "Need for consistent beach lifeguard data collection: results from an international survey". Injury Prevention (2020): https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043793.
    10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043793
  7. Marques, Olga; Palacios-Aguilar, Jose; Melo, Henrique; Leitao, Nuno; Castillo, Lucia; Szpilman, David; Rama, Luis. "Portuguese Lifeguards Performance in Aquatic Rescue: An Exploratory Study". International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education 13 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.13.01.02.
    10.25035/ijare.13.01.02
  8. Szpilman, David; Mello, Danielli Braga de. "Recomendações SOBRASA: “Checklist” individual do atleta para reduzir eventos adversos em águas abertas". Revista de Educação Física / Journal of Physical Education 88 4 (2020): 1034-1040. http://dx.doi.org/10.37310/ref.v88i4.1336.
    10.37310/ref.v88i4.1336
  9. Szpilman, David; Mello, Danielli; Queiroga, A.C.; Emygdio, Rogerio. "Association of Drowning Mortality with Preventive Interventions: A Quarter of a Million Deaths Evaluation in Brazil". International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education 12 2 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.12.02.03.
    10.25035/ijare.12.02.03
  10. C.L. Dunne; A.E. Peden; A.C. Queiroga; C. Gomez Gonzalez; B. Valesco; D. Szpilman. "A systematic review on the effectiveness of anti-choking suction devices and identification of research gaps". Resuscitation (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.021.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.021
  11. Bernoche, Claudia; Timerman, Sergio; Polastri, Thatiane Facholi; Giannetti, Natali Schiavo; Siqueira, Adailson Wagner da Silva; Piscopo, Agnaldo; Soeiro, Alexandre de Matos; et al. "Atualização da Diretriz de Ressuscitação Cardiopulmonar e Cuidados Cardiovasculares de Emergência da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - 2019". Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 113 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20190203.
    10.5935/abc.20190203
  12. David Szpilman; Rafael de Barros Oliveira; Onir Mocellin; Jonathon Webber. "Is drowning a mere matter of resuscitation?". Resuscitation 129 (2018): 103-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.06.018.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.06.018
  13. Szpilman, David; SEMPSROTT, J.; WEBBER, J.; HAWKINS, S. C.; Barcala-Furelos, Roberto; SCHMIDT, A.; Queiroga, A.C.. "‘Dry drowning’ and other myths". Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 85 7 (2018): 529-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17070.
    10.3949/ccjm.85a.17070
  14. Queiroga, A.C.; Webber, Jonathon; Schmidt, Andrew; Sempsrott, Justin; Barcala-Furelos, Roberto; Tipton, Michael; Szpilman, David. "Comment on Cerland, L. et al. Incidence and Consequences of Near-Drowning-Related Pneumonia—A Descriptive Series from Martinique, French West Indies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1402". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15 4 (2018): 706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040706.
    10.3390/ijerph15040706
  15. Venema, A.M.; Webber, J.; Schmidt, A.C.; Sempsrott, J.R.; Szpilman, D.; Queiroga, A.C.; Graham, D.; Barcala-Furelos, R.; Tipton, M.. "Reply to letter: Neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes in a nearly drowned child with cardiac arrest and hypothermia resuscitated after 43 min of no flow-time: A case study". Resuscitation 122 (2018): e7-e8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026382642&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.07.017
  16. Pereira, J.C.C.; Szpilman, D.; Haddad Junior, V.. "Anaphylactic reaction/angioedema associated with jellyfish sting". Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 51 1 (2018): 115-117. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043340426&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/0037-8682-0044-2017
  17. Schmidt, A.C.; Sempsrott, J.R.; Szpilman, D.; Queiroga, A.C.; Davison, M.S.; Zeigler, R.J.; McAlister, S.J.. "The use of non-uniform drowning terminology: A follow-up study". Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 25 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85024121333&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13049-017-0405-x
  18. Idris, A.H.; Bierens, J.J.L.M.; Perkins, G.D.; Wenzel, V.; Nadkarni, V.; Morley, P.; Warner, D.S.; et al. "2015 revised Utstein-style recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning-related resuscitation: An ILCOR advisory statement". Resuscitation 118 (2017): 147-158. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85024502936&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.05.028
  19. Szpilman, D.; Doyle, B.; Smith, J.; Griffiths, R.; Tipton, M.. "Challenges and feasibility of applying reasoning and decision-making for a lifeguard undertaking a rescue". International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 19 4 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041386115&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  20. Webber, J.; Schmidt, A.C.; Sempsrott, J.R.; Szpilman, D.; Queiroga, A.C.; Clemens, T.; Hood, N.. "Fatal and non-fatal drowning in rivers". Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology 13 4 (2017): 527-528. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020172253&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12024-017-9883-4
  21. Idris, A.H.; Bierens, J.J.L.M.; Perkins, G.D.; Wenzel, V.; Nadkarni, V.; Morley, P.; Warner, D.S.; et al. "2015 Revised Utstein-Style Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data from Drowning-Related Resuscitation: An ILCOR Advisory Statement". Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 10 7 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85024864436&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000024
  22. Webber, J.; Schmidt, A.C.; Sempsrott, J.R.; Szpilman, D.; Queiroga, A.C.. "Pediatric non-fatal drowning events: do they warrant trauma team activation?". Journal of Surgical Research 217 (2017): 244-245. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021427130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jss.2017.06.007
  23. Schmidt, A.C.; Sempsrott, J.R.; Szpilman, D.; Queiroga, A.C.; Webber, J.. "Cardiovascular complications and mortality determinants in near-drowning victims: A 5-year retrospective analysis". Journal of Critical Care 39 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013054900&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.02.008
  24. Schmidt, A.; Szpilman, D.; Berg, I.; Sempsrott, J.; Morgan, P.. "A call for the proper action on drowning resuscitation". Resuscitation 105 (2016): e9-e10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989921866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.04.019
  25. Szpilman, D.; Tipton, M.; Sempsrott, J.; Webber, J.; Bierens, J.; Dawes, P.; Seabra, R.; Barcala-Furelos, R.; Queiroga, A.C.. "Drowning timeline: a new systematic model of the drowning process". American Journal of Emergency Medicine 34 11 (2016): 2224-2226. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994182317&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.063
  26. Barcala-Furelos, R.; Szpilman, D.; Palacios-Aguilar, J.; Costas-Veiga, J.; Abelairas-Gomez, C.; Bores-Cerezal, A.; López-García, S.; Rodríguez-Nuñez, A.. "Assessing the efficacy of rescue equipment in lifeguard resuscitation efforts for drowning". American Journal of Emergency Medicine 34 3 (2016): 480-485. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954286523&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.006
  27. Szpilman, D.; Orlowski, J.P.. "Sports related to drowning". European Respiratory Review 25 141 (2016): 348-359. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84986183419&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1183/16000617.0038-2016
  28. Szpilman, D.; Webber, J.; Quan, L.; Bierens, J.; Morizot-Leite, L.; Langendorfer, S.J.; Beerman, S.; Løfgren, B.. "Creating a drowning chain of survival". Resuscitation 85 9 (2014): 1149-1152. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906057295&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.034
  29. Szpilman, D.; Dos Santos Cruz Filho, F.E.. "One single variable for predicting the outcome after out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA): A reality or simply chasing El Dorado?". Resuscitation 85 4 (2014): 448-449. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84895929779&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.01.024
  30. Szpilman, D.; Magalhães, M.; da Silva, R.T.C.. "Therapeutic hypothermia after return of spontaneous circulation: Should be offered to all?". Resuscitation 83 6 (2012): 671-673. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860489064&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.03.003
  31. Szpilman, D.; Bierens, J.J.L.M.; Handley, A.J.; Orlowski, J.P.. "Drowning". New England Journal of Medicine 366 22 (2012): 2102-2110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861677391&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1056/NEJMra1013317
  32. Van Beeck, E.F.; Branche, C.M.; Szpilman, D.; Modell, J.H.; Bierens, J.J.L.M.. "A new definition of drowning: Towards documentation and prevention of a global public health problem". Bulletin of the World Health Organization 83 11 (2005): 853-856. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27744604194&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  33. Szpilman, D.; Soares, M.. "In-water resuscitation - Is it worthwhile?". Resuscitation 63 1 (2004): 25-31. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644221246&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.03.017
  34. Idris, A.H.; Berg, R.A.; Bierens, J.; Bossaert, L.; Branche, C.M.; Gabrielli, A.; Graves, S.A.; et al. "Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data from Drowning the "Utstein Style"". Circulation 108 20 (2003): 2565-2574. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345307810&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1161/01.CIR.0000099581.70012.68
  35. Idris, A.H.; Berg, R.A.; Bierens, J.; Bossaert, L.; Branche, C.M.; Gabrielli, A.; Graves, S.A.; et al. "Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning: The "Utstein style"". Resuscitation 59 1 (2003): 45-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10744227385&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.09.003
  36. Orlowski, J.P.; Szpilman, D.. "Drowning - Rescue, resuscitation, and reanimation". Pediatric Clinics of North America 48 3 (2001): 627-646. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034998166&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70331-X
  37. Szpilman,David. "Afogamento". (2000): http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-86922000000400005.
  38. Szpilman, D.. "Near-drowning and drowning classification: A proposal to stratify mortality based on the analysis of 1,831 cases". Chest 112 3 (1997): 660-665. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030860388&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Report
  1. Szpilman, David. 2017. Afogamento - Boletim Epidemiológico no Brasil.
  2. Szpilman, David. 2017. Afogamento - Boletim Epidemiológico no Brasil.
  3. Szpilman, David. 2015. Afogamento - Boletim Epidemiológico no Brasil.
  4. Szpilman, David. 2014. AFOGAMENTOS - O que está acontecendo? - Boletim Brasil.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2013 - Current SOBRASA RESCUE - Campeonato e Simpósio (2013)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático, Brazil
2005 - Current Simpósio Brasileiro de Salvamento Aquático (2013)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático, Brazil
2000 - Current Creator and Organizer of Surf-Salva course (2000)
Seminar
 Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático, Brazil

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current International Drowning Researchers Alliance Founder
1995/06/10 - Current Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático Medical Director

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2001 - Current Membro da Câmara Técnica de Medicina Desportiva
Member
 Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998 - Current Member of the medical commission - assistance on water safety, drowning and lifesaving medical issues policies and guidelines
Member
 International Life Saving Federation, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2015 - 2019 World Conference on Drowning Prevention
2013 - 2013 VII Jornada de Socorrismo basado em La evidencia científica Oleiros

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2000 - Current In-water Basic Life Support In-water Basic Life Support

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2011 - Current New England Journal of Medicine (1533-4406) New England Journal of Medicine
2010 - Current Resuscitation (0300-9572) Elsevier
2009 - Current BMJ (0007-1447) BMJ
2008 - Current Critical Care Medicine
Distinctions

Title

2016 Knight (Sir)
International Life Saving Federation, Belgium

Other distinction

2012 Medalha "Coronel Carlos Hugo Stokler de Souza"
Corpo de Bombeiros Militares do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
2009 Citation of Merit
International Life Saving Federation, Belgium