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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 ...
The Wave. On July 4, 2007, at 11:00 a.m., a 29-year-old female from Fort Wayne, Indiana, died before collapsing near the edge of The Wave, falling face-down into two inches of water. Lifeguards immediately responded and pulled her out, then attempted to revive her with help from park medical personnel.
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 ...
Sixteen-year-old Ryan was like thousands of other GCSE students this summer as he celebrated being exam-free. However, an accident at a swimming pool changed the course of his life. After diving ...
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 ...
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.
Howie Mandel's wife Terry experienced a terrifying accident in Las Vegas that left her in "a pool of blood." Here's what to know about her fall and health.