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A swimming‐pool hazard
Author(s) -
Bremner Mary H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132343.x
Subject(s) - tractor , tube (container) , girl , hazard , forensic engineering , engineering , psychology , automotive engineering , mechanical engineering , biology , ecology , developmental psychology
A case of a fatal brain injury in an 11‐year‐old girl after she dived into a swimming pool through an inflated inner tube of a tractor tyre is described. The danger of injury by rigid metal connectors of large inner tubes is emphasised.