• VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    10 months ago

    Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial | The BMJ

    Objective To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft.

    Design Randomized controlled trial.

    Setting Private or commercial aircraft between September 2017 and August 2018.

    Participants 92 aircraft passengers aged 18 and over were screened for participation. 23 agreed to be enrolled and were randomized.

    Intervention Jumping from an aircraft (airplane or helicopter) with a parachute versus an empty backpack (unblinded).

    • Yawnder@lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      “participants included in the study were on aircraft at significantly lower altitude (mean of 0.6 m for participants v mean of 9146 m for non-participants; P<0.001) and lower velocity (mean of 0 km/h v mean of 800 km/h”

    • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      This is hilarious. I don’t know anything about the field or the journal but they have a good sense of humor.