Features of providing first aid to injured aircraft crew members in connection with the nature of injuries during ejection

The goal is to assess the organization and provision of medical care to flight personnel after an emergency indication of the aircraft. We analyzed 333 injuries received by 214 crew members during ejection from an aircraft in 1980–2020. Including 106 people (49.5%) received severe injuries, 100 (46.7%) received minor injuries, and another 5 (2.8%) received moderate injuries. A minimum of 34.6% of pilots required first aid. First aid as self- and mutual aid was provided to only 7.7% of injured crew members; 37.5% of ejected crew members received first aid from search and rescue groups, which included medical workers. A fairly rapid evacuation from the accident site was noted: half of the crews were delivered to the airfield less than 2 hours after the ejection. To increase the efficiency of first aid, it is advisable to equip the flight crew with modern effective non-narcotic painkillers and hemostatic agents, including tourniquets or tourniquets, by additionally equipping a portable emergency supply of the medical group or by providing compact portable first aid kits with the minimum necessary medical equipment.