A report of the injuries sustained in Iran air flight 277 that crashed near Urmia, Iran

Afshar, A.R and Hajyhosseinloo, M and Eftekhari, A and Safari, M.B and Yekta, Z (2012) A report of the injuries sustained in Iran air flight 277 that crashed near Urmia, Iran. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 15 (5). pp. 317-319.

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Abstract

On January 9, 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 crashed during approach to Urmia, Iran. Out of 105 passengers, 27 survived. This brief report presents a perspective of the passengers’ sustained injuries. Methods: We reviewed the recorded injuries of all passengers as provided by the Legal Medicine Organization authorities. The Injury Severity Score (ISS), an anatomical scoring system, was used to provide an overall code for those who survived with multiple anatomical injuries. Results: There were a total of 96 ISS body region injuries among those who survived. Facial injuries (83%) were the most frequent

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: cited By 2
Uncontrolled Keywords: Abbreviated injury scale, airplane crash during approach, injury severity score, mass casualty incidents
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email gholipour.s@umsu.ac.ir
Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2017 07:19
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2019 05:49
URI: http://eprints.umsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/930

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