Major facial trauma after helicopter landing

J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Jul;22(4):1517-9. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821d4ca0.

Abstract

Injuries in civil aviation can occur as a consequence of work-related accidents happening in airport. The ground crew can sustain slips, trips, falls, and machinery accidents. Most such accidents are observed when aircraft is departing. This clinical report describes a case of an airport ground assistant severely injured by a helicopter after the strike with a main rotor blade that was slowing after that the craft was landed and the engine was stopped, and reports surgical emergency treatment of life-threatening facial lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Aviation*
  • Aircraft*
  • Ear, External / injuries
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / etiology
  • Facial Bones / injuries*
  • Facial Injuries / etiology*
  • Hematoma / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Fractures / etiology
  • Skull Fractures / etiology*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic / etiology
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology*
  • Zygomatic Fractures / etiology