Parachutes do not reduce chance of death or major injury

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Conclusion: Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention

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Took me a minute.

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Fantastic. How did they get funding for this? Testing the efficiency of parachutes when jumping from 0.6m. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I’d be willing to pitch in a fiver to conduct a studdy with a larger sample size . . . :laughing:
How many cadets can we get at an RAF station?

2000?

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I particularly like this bit:

PArticipation in RAndomized trials Compromised by widely Held beliefs aboUt lack of Treatment Equipoise (PARACHUTE) trial

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I’m clearly being thick. Someone help me see what the joke is

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That explains it better than I can.

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TLDR:

Study is that when jumping from an aircraft (at less than 1m from the ground) a parachute is pointless…

The title however didn’t point out the height, only the result

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Thanks