Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft [pdf] User PatientModBot, in the patient_hackernews subreddit, 02 Jun 2023
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft [pdf] User qznc_bot2, in the Hacker News subreddit, 02 Jun 2023
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft [pdf] User TheStartupChime, in the hypeurls subreddit, 02 Jun 2023
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User NerdFencer, in the boredscientists subreddit, 04 Feb 2023
TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs. User MidiIvan, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 10 Nov 2022
It's science: "Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention" User GetlostMaps, 06 Jul 2022
Study finds no significant difference in fatality rate between randomized control groups, one with parachutes and one without, jumping from an altitude of 4000m. User BestOfNoPoliticsBot, in the NotTheOnion - No Politics subreddit, 06 Jul 2022
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial. “suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps” User hicksyfern, in the Technically the Truth subreddit, 28 Nov 2021
TIL that the BMJ published an RCT on whether parachute use prevented death and trauma when jumping from a plane. Compared to controls (given an empty backpack) parachute use did not reduce death or injury. The trial only enroled participants on small stationary aircrafts on the ground, though… User Meanderingscientist, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 11 Jun 2021
The Science Is In - Parachutes Are Ineffective User The_Amp_Walrus, in the mattslinks subreddit, 18 Jul 2020
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User mddtsk, 19 Apr 2020
Parachute Use to Prevent Death, Major Trauma: Randomized Controlled Trial (2003) [pdf] User HN_bot, in the Hacker News (live feed) subreddit, 20 Feb 2019
Estudo clínico randomizado controlado: Uso de paraquedas para prevenir mortes e traumas ao pular de uma aeronave User leclerque, in the Brasil subreddit, 20 Feb 2019
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User DrWyckoff, in the Slate Star Codex: In a Mad World, All Blogging is Psychiatry Blogging subreddit, 03 Jan 2019
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User earl_of_lemonparty, in the Sadly, this is not the Onion. subreddit, 15 Dec 2018
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User DentateGyros, in the Meddit, a community for the study and discussion of medicine subreddit, 14 Dec 2018
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User alexeyr, in the Slate Star Codex: In a Mad World, All Blogging is Psychiatry Blogging subreddit, 14 Dec 2018
Parachutes prevent death when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial User qznc_bot, in the Hacker News subreddit, 14 Dec 2018
Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention. User SirT6, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 13 Dec 2018