Parachute double-blind study

[Hedges]

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials - PubMed

As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational...

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Spoiler: Full paper

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial

Objective To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Private or commercial aircraft between September 2017 and August 2018. Participants 92 aircraft passengers aged 18 and over were...

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[sunshine_eggo]

Found a conflicting study...

Does usage of a parachute in contrast to free fall prevent major trauma?: a prospective randomised-controlled trial in rag dolls - PubMed

A parachute is an effective tool to prevent major trauma when falling from a great height.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[svetz]

Those studies can't be serious. Everyone knows falling out of an airplane doesn't induce physical trauma. It's the sudden stop at the end.

 

[Danke]

Those studies can't be serious. Everyone knows falling out of an airplane doesn't induce physical trauma. It's the sudden stop at the end.

No, it is the bounce.

 

[TomC4306]

Holy smokes! Your gummint hard at work. Sheesh.

 

[Geoff-AU]

Published on December 3rd. Willing to bet it was submitted on April 1st.

 

[Delmar]

It’s a proven fact you don’t need a parachute to skydive.

Spoiler

You only need a parachute to skydive multiple times