title: An "above ground" pool hazard.
abstract: A previously unrecognized pool hazard is described in this article. The entrapment of an adolescent female by the filtration system of an above-ground pool and the difficulty in disarming the equipment was significant enough to be potentially quite dangerous.
authors.affiliation: Berkeley Family Medicine Associates, Inc., Martinsburg.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Reisenweber
mesh_terms: D019567:Back Injuries; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013550:Swimming / Q000293:injuries*; D013551:Swimming Pools