Interesting articles
Early defibrillation, CPR, AED etc.
- VHF Norm über die Aufsicht in öffentlichen Bädern (Ausgabe Mai 2016)
- ERC Guidelines 2021, ERC Guidelines 2021 (download page with various translations incl. German)
- ERC Leitlinien 2021 deutsch (pdf 0.3 MB)
- The heart and brain emergency and sudden cardiac death (pdf 2.3 MB)
- Early defibrillation with semi-automatic external defibrillators (AED) - yes, no, or? (pdf 208 KB)
- From ventricular fibrillation to normal rhythm! (movie mpg 2.3MB)
- Legal basis for early defibrillation (Germany pdf 60 KB)
- Update PALS Guidelines - What does the SRC recommend? (pdf 132 KB)
- The ABC of Paediatric Ranimation - PALS - the current guidelines of the American Heart Association (pdf 650 KB)
- Layman early defibrillation, fight sudden cardiac death (pdf 868 KB)
Diseases, disease management, hygiene.
Security
- UV Index Switzerland
- Lesson sheets on safety promotion in schools
- Safety recommendations for planning, construction and operation
- Water Safety Check, The children have made enormous progress
- bfu 2022: Tödliche Ertrinkungsunfälle in der Schweiz
- bfu survey 2020: sports accidents
- Bathing and swimming: Staying safe on top (bfu)
- When drowning doesn't look like drowning, What you should know about drowning to recognise the danger in time
Miscellaneous
- Water hardness: What needs to be considered?
- Bath water treatment
- Water encyclopaedia
- Resistance lists for O-rings and plastics
- Resistance list for O-rings (link to DLB)
- Chemical resistance (silicone, Viton, EPDM, PTFE) (pdf-file)
- Chemical resistance of plastics (pdf-file)
- Chemical resistance of plastics (pdf-file)
Laws & directives
Laws / Instructions
- SIA-Norm 385/9: Wasser und Wasseraufbereitungsanlagen in Gemeinschaftsbädern - Anforderungen und ergänzende Bestimmungen für Bau und Betrieb (kostenpflichtig)
- Notification authority for chemicals: starting point for many laws and regulations (chemicals law, safety data sheet, plant protection products, etc.)
- Ordinance on Disinfection and Disinfestation
- Federal Act on the Control of Communicable Human Diseases (Epidemics Act)
- Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment (Environmental Protection Act USG)
- Federal Law on the Protection of Waters (Water Protection Act, GSchG)
- Water Protection Ordinance (GSchV)
- Recommendation for the hygienic assessment of public man-made bathing ponds
- Considerations for the recommendation for the hygienic assessment of public, artificially constructed bathing ponds
- Ordinance on the Protection of Waters against Liquids Hazardous to Water (VWF)
- Ordinance on Protection against Major Accidents (Major Accidents Ordinance, StFV)
- Federal Law of 20 March 1981 on Accident Insurance (UVG)
- Federal Coordination Office for Occupational Safety (EKAS) Guidelines and ordinances relating to occupational safety
- Ordinance on Safety Data Sheets for Poisons and Substances Hazardous to the Environment
- Federal Act on the Protection of Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Act, ChemA)
- Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Additions (Chemicals Ordinance, ChemO)
- Ordinance on Aerosol dispensers (VDp)
- Technical Ordinance on Waste (TVA)
- Ordinance on the Carriage of Waste (VeVA)
- Federal Act on Work in Industry, Trade and Commerce ( Labour Act)
- Ordinance on the Prevention of Accidents and Occupational Diseases (Verordnung über die Unfallverhütung [VUV])
- Decree of the Federal Department of Home Affairs on technical measures for the prevention of occupational diseases caused by chemical substances
- Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC)
- Road Traffic Act (SVG)
- Ordinance on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road (SDR)
- Ordinance 3 to the Labour Act (Health Care, ArGV 3)
- Ordinance 4 to the Labour Act (ArGV 4) (Industrial Establishments, Planning Permit and Operating Permit)
- Guide to the Labour Act and Ordinances 1 + 2
Court decisions
Court Decisions
- 113 II 424 Liability arising from the operation of a swimming pool Duty of care of a pool attendant
- 4A_3592013-4A_4212013 Kopfsprung mit Lähmung
- 116 II 422 Defect of work in a chat room
- 115 IV 199 Breach of duty of care. (Ceiling collapse Uster)
- 101 IV 270 Sexual harassment in a swimming pool
- 93 II 317 Non-compliance with the agreed length of 25m
- 89 IV 129 nude bathing and sunbathing in accessible places
- 100 IA 287 Municipal autonomy: admission to a small indoor swimming pool