More than 1,000 patients admitted to the United States each year for injuries related to aviation
The researchers analyzed data from the national sample of hospital (NIS), a data system sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which contains information about 20 % of all admissions to hospital in the U. S. Using the International Classification of Diseases, 9 th edition, codes for aircraft accidents have been used to identify patients who were hospitalized for injuries related to air transport in the period 2000-2005. Aviation-related deaths were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition‘Our findings provide valuable information not previously available, the number and types of injuries in aviation-related events,’ said lead author Susan P. Baker, a professor at the Center for injuries. ‘Why so many accidents are preventable through changes in the structure of the aircraft, these data should be used to identify the necessary improvements in aircraft design. ‘
‘Unlike the highly effective monitoring system for all civil aviation accidents and incidents in the army, there is no formal structure for reporting of accidents in civil aviation accidents,’ said Dennis F. Shanahan, MD, MPH , adding a faculty member with the Department of the Faculty of Health Policy and Management Bloomberg. And ‘our strong recommendation that a group like the National Transportation Safety Board and FAA to establish a program inspired by the military or the warning system National Highway Traffic Safety Administration so that we can finally reduce the number of emissions from accidents and deaths. ‘
For the occupants of the aircraft and paratroopers, lower extremity fractures were the most common injuries, comprising 27 % of all injuries requiring hospitalization. While burns were observed only in 2.5 % of patients were responsible for 13 % of deaths. The report is published in the December issue of Aviation Medicine, Space and Environment.
