Water Safety New Zealand
Research on cold water relating to aquatic drowning
UPDATED: 15 February 2022
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Research from New Zealand, and elsewhere, relating to cold water and aquatic drowning.
Cold Water Related
Links to the available research.
- Accident Compensation Corporation: Review of the Economic and Social Costs of Drowning Fatalities and Water-related Injuries Compared to Prevention
- Habituation of the Cold Shock Response May Include a Significant Perceptual Component
- Association of water temperature and submersion duration and drowning outcome
- "Float first and kick for your life": Psychophysiological basis for safety behaviour on accidental short-term cold water immersion