title: Experiences of rocket seat ejections in the Swedish Air Force: 1967-1987.
abstract: From 1967 to 1987 there were 83 successful and 9 fatal ejections with Saab rocket seats in the Swedish Air Force. Medical consequences and injury factors are reviewed. Thirty-nine survivors had nontrivial injuries; four were seriously injured. The risk for injury has been approximately 50% throughout the period. Two-thirds of the survivors resumed flying within a week, the remainder after up to 1 year, except for three pilots who terminated their flying status.
authors.affiliation: Swedish Defence Research Establishment, Department of Human Studies, Stockholm.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandstedt
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000401:Aircraft / Q000592:standards*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013534:Survival; D013548:Sweden; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy