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Jong M, Westman A, Saveman BI. Experiences of Injuries and Injury Reporting among Swedish Skydivers. J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2014;2014:102645doi: 10.1155/2014/102645.
Jong, M., Westman, A., & Saveman, B. I. (2014). Experiences of Injuries and Injury Reporting among Swedish Skydivers. Journal of sports medicine (Hindawi Publishing Corporation), 2014102645. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/102645
Jong, Mats, et al. "Experiences of Injuries and Injury Reporting among Swedish Skydivers." Journal of sports medicine (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) vol. 2014 (2014): 102645. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/102645
Jong M, Westman A, Saveman BI. Experiences of Injuries and Injury Reporting among Swedish Skydivers. J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2014;2014:102645. doi: 10.1155/2014/102645. Epub 2014 Jan 16. PMID: 26464887; PMCID: PMC4590901.
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J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2014;2014:102645. doi: 10.1155/2014/102645. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

Experiences of Injuries and Injury Reporting among Swedish Skydivers.

Journal of sports medicine (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)

Mats Jong, Anton Westman, Britt-Inger Saveman

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nursing, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden ; Mid Sweden Research & Development Centre, Västernorrland County Council, 851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
  2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
  3. Department of Nursing, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.

PMID: 26464887 PMCID: PMC4590901 DOI: 10.1155/2014/102645

Abstract

The objective was to illuminate the experience of injuries and the process of injury reporting within the Swedish skydiving culture. Data contained narrative interviews that were subsequently analyzed with content analysis. Seventeen respondents (22-44 years) were recruited at three skydiving drop zones in Sweden. In the results injury events related to the full phase of a skydive were described. Risk of injury is individually viewed as an integrated element of the recreational activity counterbalanced by its recreational value. The human factor of inadequate judgment such as miscalculation and distraction dominates the descriptions as causes of injuries. Organization and leadership act as facilitators or constrainers for reporting incidents and injuries. On the basis of this study it is interpreted that safety work and incident reporting in Swedish skydiving may be influenced more by local drop zone culture than the national association regulations. Formal and informal hierarchical structures among skydivers seem to decide how skydiving is practiced, rules are enforced, and injuries are reported. We suggest that initial training and continuing education need to be changed from the current top-down to a bottom-up perspective, where the individual skydiver learns to see the positive implications of safety work and injury reporting.

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