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Drowning for love: the aquatic victim‐instead‐of‐rescuer syndrome: drowning fatalities involving those attempting to rescue a child

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, October 2010
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#23 of 3,371)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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10 news outlets
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2 blogs
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28 X users
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1 Facebook page
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3 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Drowning for love: the aquatic victim‐instead‐of‐rescuer syndrome: drowning fatalities involving those attempting to rescue a child
Published in
Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, October 2010
DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01889.x
Pubmed ID
Authors

Richard C Franklin, John H Pearn

Abstract

Non-intentional child drowning remains a leading cause of child mortality. A related and secondary syndrome is composed of those who drown in impulsive, altruistic attempts to go to the aid of a drowning child. Such 'rescuers' who attempt to save a drowning child may themselves drown, a tragic event we term the AVIR syndrome or aquatic victim-instead-of-rescuer.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 2 3%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 55 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 13 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 36%
Psychology 7 12%
Social Sciences 6 10%
Sports and Recreations 4 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 14 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 107. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 July 2023.
All research outputs
#393,348
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health
#23
of 3,371 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,005
of 108,956 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health
#2
of 18 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,371 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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