Episode 18 - Environmental Medicine - Part 3: Parachute Use & Aviation

In this fascinating segment, we discuss the (1) potential use of parachutes in the prevention of death and major trauma when jumping from an aircraft and (2) some pearls of research and study design. The interlude will be presented by A/Prof. Andrew Coggins.
Theme: Environmental Medicine. 

Participants: Dr Scott Squires, A/Prof. Andrew Coggins, Tim Selvaraj, Shoahaib Karimi, Yelise Foon, Mariez Gorgi, Shreyas Iyer, Kit Rowe, and Harry Hong. 

Discussion:
Yeh, R., Valsdottir, L., Yeh, M., Shen, C., Kramer, D., & Strom, J. et al. (2018). Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial. BMJ, k5094. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k5094.

Presenter:
Harry Hong - critical care trainee at Ryde Hospital.

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