title: [Medical outcomes of emergency ejections from Russian aircrafts in 2003-2010].
abstract: Outcomes of 36 accidents with 37 aircrafts (one mid-air collision) in the period of 2003-2010 have been analyzed. Of 71 ejected crew members 14 pilots died (19.7%), 26 pilots (36.6%) suffered injuries of varying severity and 31 pilots (43.7%) escaped noticeable injuries. The major causes of the deaths were late emergency escape and failure of the eject mechanism (EM). The majority of harmed pilots (n = 18, 69.2%) had slight injuries; one crew member (3.9%) was injured moderately and 7 pilots (26.9%), substantively. Most of the injuries occurred on parachute landing (40.3%). The main reasons for severe injury were parachute landing impact (69.2%) and EM failure (23.1%). Commonly injuries were caused to the head and neck (30.7%) and a bit less often to the lower and upper extremities (22.6 and 19.4% respectively). 14.5% of the injuries were brought to the body and 11.3%--to the back. Severe injuries included fractures of the spine (42.9%) and lower and upper extremities (42.9 and 14.2% respectively).
authors.forename: Iu B
authors.initials: IuB
authors.lastname: Moiseev
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Strakhov
authors.forename: Iu K
authors.initials: IuK
authors.lastname: Churilov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Vovkodav
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Radchenko
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000401:Aircraft; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D012426:Russia; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices