TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Swimming pool immersion accidents: an analysis from the Brisbane drowning study
JO  - Medical journal of Australia
A1  - Pearn, John H.
A1  - Nixon, Judy
SP  - 432
EP  - 437
VL  - 1
IS  - 13
N2  - An analysis of a consecutive series of 66 swimming pool immersion accidents is presented; 74% of these occurred in in-ground swimming pools. The estimated accident rate per pool is five times greater for in-ground pools compared with above-ground pools, where pools are inadequately fenced. Backyard swimming pools account for 74% of pool acidents. Motel and caravan park pools account for 9% of childhood immersion accidents, but the survival rate (17%) is very low. Fifty per cent of pool accidents occur in the family's own backyard pool, and 13.6% in a neighbour's pool; in the latter the survival rate is still low at only 33%. In only one of the 66 cases was there an adequate safety fence; in 76% of cases there was no fence or barrier whatsoever. Tables of swimming pool accidents by age, season, site and outcome are presented.
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SN  - 0025-729X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -