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Two Clinical Records of Human Injuries with a Death caused by Electric Eels Electrophorus spp. Gill, 1864 [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalElectrical eels, or poraqués or temblones (Electrophorus spp. Gill, 1864), are highly feared animals in the Amazon, mainly because of their electric discharge of up to 860 volts. We report two cases of human injuries caused by electric eels, one of which
Vidal Haddad Júnior +4 more
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Comparing pedestrian safety between electric and internal combustion engine vehicles [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsVehicle electrification has become a major strategy for mitigating transport carbon emissions. Concerns have been raised about electric vehicle’s safety impacts due to their quieter driving and heavier weight compared to conventional internal combustion ...
Zia Wadud
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Electrical injury - induced atrial fibrillation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Introduction. An electrical injury can cause various cardiac arrhythmias, such as asystole, ventricular fibrillation, sinus tachycardia, and heart blocks. However, it rarely causes atrial fibrillation (AF). Case report.
Stojanović Milovan +3 more
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Analysis of road traffic accidents involving standing electric scooters reported in newspapers in Italy [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Objective As the use of electric scooters increased in Italy in the last years, we aimed to estimate the burden of accidents caused by this micro-mobility vehicle and identify characteristics, severity, and type of injuries.
Tommaso Scquizzato +6 more
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Emergency Access and Impact of Injuries Caused by Electrocution and Lightning
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023 Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the body. Electric injuries can be caused by the impact and exposure to electric current or lightning either at home or at work.
Basri Lenjani +6 more
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Characteristics of Unintentional Injuries in 15 773 Children [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background Unintentional injuries are major threats to children's health, but most of them are preventable. Since the incidence and characteristics of distribution of unintentional injuries vary across regions, it is necessary to formulate ...
SHEN Yu, CHEN Jian, SHOU Tiejun, YU Beirong
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Facial injury patterns associated with stand-up electric scooters in unhelmeted riders
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2022 Background In recent years, the number of people riding stand-up electric scooters in South Korea has increased rapidly. This study analyzed the facial injury patterns associated with stand-up electric scooter-related trauma in patients who visited our ...
Hyeon Seok Kim +4 more
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The impact of e-scooter injuries
Bone & Joint Open, 2022 AimsDue to the recent rapid expansion of scooter sharing companies, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of electric scooter (e-scooter) injuries. Our purpose was to conduct a systematic review to characterize the demographic characteristics,
Priya Singh +5 more
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Information, 2021 Based on actual safety management difficulties and needs, this paper aims to screen and extract the key accident potential factors of personal injuries and deaths within the electric power industry to provide a reference for electric power companies ...
Dan Lu +5 more
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Medycyna Pracy, 2014 Automotive ignition system diagnostic procedures involve a specific kind of action due to the presence of high voltage pulses rated of roughly several dozen kilovolts.
Bernard Fryśkowski +1 more
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