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Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation.

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Kragh, JF; Taylor, DC
Published in: Mil Med
February 1996

The purpose of this paper is to discuss parachuting variables as they affect support and planning. The authors retrospectively analyzed an operation in which a Ranger battalion parachuted onto an airfield drop zone. Leaders weighed Rangers to estimate the soldiers' load. The advance team failed to adequately coordinate administrative medical assistance on the drop zone. Forty-one Rangers were injured and evacuated from the drop zone (8.6% of the jumpers). Variables in such operations include drop zone selection, equipment weight, drop altitude, wind speed, the wind-flight angle, drop height, and jumper density over the drop zone. Solutions include cargo drops and leaders' repeated emphasis on minimizing the soldiers' loads in accordance with mission accomplishment.

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Published In

Mil Med

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

February 1996

Volume

161

Issue

2

Start / End Page

67 / 69

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Warfare
  • United States
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Military Personnel
  • Kuwait
  • Humans
  • Aviation
 

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Kragh, J. F., & Taylor, D. C. (1996). Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation. Mil Med, 161(2), 67–69.
Kragh, J. F., and D. C. Taylor. “Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation.Mil Med 161, no. 2 (February 1996): 67–69.
Kragh JF, Taylor DC. Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation. Mil Med. 1996 Feb;161(2):67–9.
Kragh, J. F., and D. C. Taylor. “Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation.Mil Med, vol. 161, no. 2, Feb. 1996, pp. 67–69.
Kragh JF, Taylor DC. Parachuting injuries: a medical analysis of an airborne operation. Mil Med. 1996 Feb;161(2):67–69.

Published In

Mil Med

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

February 1996

Volume

161

Issue

2

Start / End Page

67 / 69

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Warfare
  • United States
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Military Personnel
  • Kuwait
  • Humans
  • Aviation