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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on June 27, 2004. The length of the article is 457 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Volunteer honoree leaps at skydiving.(General News)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: June 27, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: c1

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This digital document is a journal article from Accident Analysis and Prevention, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Exact risk patterns in skydiving fatalities are not well known, but incomplete world injury data indicate that many are preventable. A comprehensive national material for Sweden of 37 skydiving fatalities 1964-2003 were reviewed to identify risk factors. In relation to jump volume, the period 1994-2003 had a fatality rate 11 times lower than 1964-1973. Student skydivers had the highest risk of fatal outcome, often caused by instability in freefall leading to unstable parachute activation with subsequent line entanglement, or parachute activation failure. Unintentional water landings also contributed to student fatality, with life jacket malfunctions, neglect to use life jackets, and automatic reserve parachute activation devices activated by water as aggravating factors. One-third of all fatalities had an inflated and operational parachute at some point prior to injury. A drastic worldwide increase in fatal landing incidents with fast wing parachutes during the 1990s did not occur in Sweden. Every fourth fatality caused by rapid deceleration against ground or water survived impact and died during transports or in hospitals. Rescue units and health care providers can improve management of skydiving incidents from knowledge about the incident and injury mechanisms we have described, and the skydiving community can target risk factors in preventive safety work. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Top Producer, published by Farm Journal Media on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2065 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Let 'er rip! Skydiving teaches Mark Mueller how to farm conservatively: no one jumps from 15,000 feet without an emergency parachute. Your risk management plan should be no different.(Cover Story)
Author: Marcia Zarley Taylor
Publication: Top Producer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Page: 12

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on December 12, 2006. The length of the article is 1034 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Land use disagreements ground Creswell-based skydiving operations.(General News)(Two companies say they've lost thousands of dollars over drop zone permit requirements)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: December 12, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: A1

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