探討臺北縣溪域發生溺水之危險因素

An Investigation of Risk Factors for Accidental Near Drownings and Drownings at the Creek in Taipei County

每年因從事水域活動而發生溺水頻傳。台北縣溪流是最容易發生溺水之水域。探討溺水發生之危險因素具有研究及實務之價值。本研究是從救生員之角度，應用深度訪談探討台北縣溪域發生溺水之危險因素。以Haddon階段－－因素矩陣為研究架構，編製訪談大綱，訪談對象為三峽鎮大豹溪上曾有過救溺之救生員。結果發現溪域發生溺水之危險因素有：不太會游泳，不瞭解水域或水性。不當的使用游泳圈或浮具。泳姿很奇怪、游得很緊張。從馬路上、橋上或石塊上往水中跳水。在急流、暗流、旋渦等附近游泳、玩水。特殊的肢體語言與外表行為。對浮潛裝備之使用不熟悉或不熟練。

Each year many drownings occur in the waters during their participating in the aquatic activities. The creek is the major place of waters where they often drowned in Taipei County. It is very important to explore the risk factors for accidental near drownings and drownings at the creek in Taipei County. The purpose of this study is to explore the risk factors for accidental near drownings and drownings at the creek in Taipei County -- life-saver perspectives via individual deep interviews. The Haddon's phase-factor matrix is the framework of this study, the outlines are made for the interview study, and the interviewee's are life-savers who ever saved near drownings and drownings at Ta-Pa Creek in San-Hsia Town last three years. There found many risk factors before drowning at the creek in this study, including people with swimming not very well or not understanding environmental hazards in the waters, children using flotation devices improperly, people swimming strangely or tensely, people jumping into the creek from the road, the bridge, or the big stone, people swimming toward the deep water, the rush, and the eddy, people with strange body languages and appearances, and people unfamiliar to use skin-diving facilities.