Citation

Becelli R, Morello R, Renzi G, Matarazzo G, Dominici C. J. Craniofac. Surg. 2011; 22(4): 1517-1519.

Affiliation

Sant'Andrea Hospital II, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821d4ca0

PMID

21778853

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.

Language: en