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Médico formado em 1982, residência médica de 1982 a 1985, especialista em clínica médica e terapia intensiva com foco em afogamento; Fundador, Ex-Presidente, Ex-Diretor Médico e atual Secretário Geral da Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático – SOBRASA; Ex-Chefe da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto por 12 anos; Ten Cel Médico da Reserva do Corpo de Bombeiros do Estado do Rio de Janeiro onde foi chefe do Centro de Recuperação de Afogados por 12 anos; Membro do Conselho Médico da Federação Internacional de Salvamento Aquático (ILS); Membro da Câmara Técnica de Medicina Desportiva do CREMERJ e co-fundador da “International Drowning Researcher´s Alliance. Guarda-vidas formado pelo serviço de San Diego, Califórnia; Título de Sir (Knight) pela “International Lifesaving Federation”; revisor médico das revistas “Resuscitation, New England Journal of Medicine”, “Critical Care Medicine” e “British Medical Journal”. Autor de 4 livros, 98 capítulos de livros e mais de 260 artigos médicos nacionais e internacionais sobre afogamento. Palestrante convidado, a mais de 890 palestras no Brasil, e 42 internacionais (Bélgica, Hungria, Inglaterra (2), Espanha (8), EUA (4), Chile (2) Argentina (4), Venezuela, Uruguai (2), El Salvador, Itália, Holanda (2), Portugal (4), Irlanda(3), Alemanha (2), Canadá (2), África do Sul, Colômbia (2) e Austrália.

Publicações em destaque

Afogamento: Avaliação clínica, laboratorial e Radiológica – Monografia AMIB – 1996
Drowning Severity Original Research – CHEST – 1997
DROWNING Rescue, Resuscitation, and Reanimation – Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1999
Submersion – AHA, ACLS-the Reference Textbook, 2003
Open airway only, ventilation only, CPR, C-spine … – ILCOR & AHA, 2004
Transportation of drowning from water and positioning… – ILCOR & AHA, 2004
In-water resuscitation— is it worthwhile? – Resuscitation, 2004
Drowning: A new definition – WHO Bulletin, 2005
AHOGAMIENTO – Carlos Lovencio 2014
Drowning Review – New England Journal of Medicine, 2012
Drowning Chain of Survival, Resuscitation 2014
Water rescue with aids. Do they improve rescue and cardiopulmonary CPR?, RESUSCITATION, 2014
Assessing the efficacy of rescue equipment in lifeguard CPR, American Journal of Emergency Medicine,2015
Drowning Timeline – American Jorunal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Sports related to drowning, European Respiratory Review, 2016
Ouça em Português um resumo
An Unexpected Wilderness in a Sea of Holy – Wilderness Medical Society, 2016 
Revised Utstein-style recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning related resuscitation, Circulation, 2017
Drowning. In: Vincent JL e all. Textbook of Critical Care, 7th edition – Chapter 71, 2017.
Challenges and Feasibility of Applying Reasoning and Decision – Making for a Lifeguard.. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 2017
Drowning. British Medical Journal Best Practice, 2018.
Is drowning a mere mater of resuscitation? Resuscitation, 2018.
Dry drowning” and other myths. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2018.
Afogamento. Diretriz de Ressuscitação Cardiopulmonar e Cuidados Cardiovasculares de Emergência da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia – 2019.
Afogamento. In; Enfermagem no Trauma: atuação do APH ao intra hospitalar, Livro 2019.
Association of Drowning Mortality with Preventive Interventions… International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2020.
“Checklist” individual do atleta para reduzir eventos adversos em águas abertas. Rev Ed Física, 2019.
A systematic review on the effectiveness of anti-choking suction devices and identification of research gaps. Resuscitation. 2020
Need for consistent beach lifeguard data collection: results from an international survey. Inj Prev 2020
Management for the drowning patient – CHEST, 2020.
Analysis of the Drowning Risk Associated with Aquatic Environment and Swimming Competence. Rev.int.med.cienc.act.fis.deporte, 2020
Resuscitation and emergency care in drowning: A scoping review. Resuscitation, 2021.
Drowning and aquatic injuries dictionary – Resuscitation Plus, 2021.
An underappreciated cause of ocean-related fatalities: A systematic review on the epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment of snorkelling-related drowning. Resuscitation PLUS, 2021.
Deaths in Open Water Swimming Races in Brazil from 2009 to 2019. International Journal of Exercise Science. Int J Exerc Sci, 2022.
A systematic review of interventions for resuscitation following drowning. Resuscitation  PLUS, 2023.
A 2-year prospective evaluation of airway clearance devices in foreign body airway obstructions, Resuscitation PLUS, 2023.
International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations: Summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Pediatric Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; and First Aid Task Forces. Circulation 2023.
How Effective Are Interventions for Reducing Symptoms and Signs Resulting from Jellyfish Stings? International Journal of First Aid Education, 2024.
2024 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Focused
Update on Special Circumstances: Resuscitation Following Drowning: Circulation, 2024.

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