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Pool suction-drain injury, also known as suction entrapment, occurs when the drain of a wading pool, swimming pool, hot tub, or fountain sucks in a swimmer's jewelry, torso, limbs, hair or buttocks. In some cases of buttocks entrapment, victims are disemboweled. In the United States, 147 incidents were documented between 1985 and 2002 of which ...
The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA) is a United States law named after Virginia Graeme Baker, who died after sustaining a pool suction-drain injury in June 2002, when the suction from a spa drain entrapped her under the water. It is incorporated as Title 14 of the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA ...
Jun. 12—The Morgantown community is rallying around a young boy and his family who experienced a traumatizing medical event at a local pool on Saturday, June 8. Parents Jason and Elizabeth ...
After diving into a pool, the teenager, from Woodbridge, in Suffolk, hit his head at the bottom, sustained a spinal injury and had no movement below the waist. The mother of one of his friends ...
The case involved Valerie Lakey, a girl who at five years old [12] sustained pool suction-drain injury. [13] She was disemboweled by the suction power of the pool drain pump when she sat on an open pool drain whose protective cover had been removed by other children at the pool, after the swim club had failed to install the cover properly.
44 injured as freak wave pool accident causes 'tsunami' at Chinese water park. Dillon Thompson. Updated August 1, 2019 at 1:08 PM.
Alma mater. East Carolina University. Occupation (s) Blogger, author. Spouse. Chris Chapman. Children. 1. Rachelle Friedman Chapman (born 1985) is an American blogger best known for becoming paralyzed after a 2010 accident where her best friend playfully pushed her into a pool during her bachelorette party.
This is the moment people got stuck on a ride following the collapse of a mobile pool and diving platforms at Germany’s biggest theme park. Several people were injured in the accident on Monday ...