title: Light aircraft crash--a case analysis of injuries.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  As air travel increases and the number of commercial and non-commercial flights rises, so does the number of aircraft accidents. The improved safety standards of the aviation industry result in a growing number of survivors of aircraft crashes, but there are no management guidelines for the treatment of these survivors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present our experience in treating five survivors of a light aircraft crash that occurred in August 1995 near Jerusalem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All five survivors sustained vertebral column injuries, which was the only injury in most of the survivors. We discuss the mechanism of injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Investigation of injuries' pattern in survivors of aircraft crash is important for establishing management protocols in trauma centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Yizhar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Floman
authors.forename: Shabtai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabatto
authors.forename: Ori
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Safran
authors.forename: Rami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mosheiff
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000145:classification; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification* / Q000628:therapy*