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EPIDEMIOLOGY, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND TREATMENT OF LIGHTNING INJURIES IN A TURKISH BURNS UNITS

International journal of clinical practice, 2001
Deaths from lightning injuries are infrequent – 0.2–0.8 per million per year. The victims are mostly young, active people who are struck during various outdoor activities in the summer months.
A. Aslar, A. Soran, Y. Yildiz, Y. Isik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevention and Treatment of Lightning Injuries

The Nurse Practitioner, 1987
Lightning ranks first among natural disasters in terms of fatalities and property damage each year. If fortunate enough to survive, the victim of a lightning or electrical accident often presents with numerous complicated clinical manifestations. The astute nurse practitioner will be challenged to identify the immediate signs and symptoms of possible ...
Ellen Rudy Clore, Mary Ann House
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Lightning and Electrical Injury

DeckerMed Emergency Medicine, 2019
There are multiple types of electrical injuries, which vary according to the type of electricity (alternating current or direct current) and the mechanism of contact. Electrical injuries caused by contact with alternating current are more commonly encountered in the household setting, while direct current is found in industrial accidents.
Christopher Davis, Tracey A. Cushing
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[Clinical characteristics and analysis of risk factors for heart injuries in 55 patients with lightning injury on plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region].

Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns, 2023
S. S. Yang, Y. Y. Zhao, Z. J. Luo, C. He, Y. H. Li   +4 more
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Keraunoparalysis and burning thatch: A proposed explanation for severe lightning injuries reported in developing countries

, 2021
Daniel E. Villamil, Norberto Navarrete, M. Cooper   +2 more
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Fractals and lightning injury

Medical Journal of Australia, 1989
Hocking, B, Andrews, C
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Mechanisms of Lightning Injury

2018
The only mechanism of lightning injury that most people consider is the direct strike, from cloud to ground. In actuality, there are five mechanisms of injury by which a person can be impacted by the electrical nature of lightning. In addition, there are several possible secondary mechanisms of traumatic injury.
Ronald L. Holle, Mary Ann Cooper
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Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide

Springer Natural Hazards, 2018
M. Cooper, R. Holle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lightning injury and glioma

Injury, 1994
Cherington M, Yarnell Pr, Todd Hm
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027 Lightning injuries: keraunoparalysis and other neurologic manifestations

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2018
W. Hooi, Gabrielle T. W. Tse, J. Waterston   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source