J Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2022 Audience This scenario was developed to educate emergency medicine residents on the various presentations and management of a patient struck by lightning.
T. Powell, Aubri Charnigo, Jennifer Yee
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Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Sequela after Lightning Strike [PDF]
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2015 In most of the surviving patients after a lightning strike, audiovestibular abnormalities have been reported. The most frequently reported type of abnormalities is a tympanic membrane perforation with hearing loss and external ear canal burn.
Mahfuz Turan +6 more
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Effect of SWCNT-Tuball Paper on the Lightning Strike Protection of CFRPs and Their Selected Mechanical Properties [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 The main aim of this work was the investigation of the possibility of replacing the heavy metallic meshes applied onto the composite structure in airplanes for lightning strike protection with a thin film of Tuball single-wall carbon nanotubes in the ...
K. Dydek +6 more
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Lightning Strike Location Identification Based on 3D Weather Radar Data
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Lightning is an instantaneous, intense, and convective weather phenomenon that can produce great destructive power and easily cause serious economic losses and casualties.
Mingyue Lu +10 more
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Acute care for stunned myocardium after lightning strike is life-saving: need for public awareness programs [PDF]
Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2013 Lightning injury is a global public health problem. It still exists as a major environmental threat in developing nations where majority of population lives in rural areas. The different mechanisms of lightning injury can result in a spectrum of injuries
Ahmed Armin +3 more
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The response of zircon to the extreme pressures and temperatures of a lightning strike [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 G. Kenny, M. Pasek
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Global ground strike point characteristics in negative downward lightning flashes – Part 1: Observations [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021 . Information about lightning properties is important in order to advance the current understanding of lightning, whereby the characteristics of ground strike points (GSPs) are in particular helpful to improving the risk estimation for lightning ...
D. Poelman +10 more
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Research on Resonance Overvoltage of EHV Transmission Lines Caused by Lightning Strike [PDF]
IEEE Access, 2021 This paper studies the mechanism and influencing factors of resonance overvoltage of EHV transmission lines caused by lightning. By analyzing the time domain steady state of the simplified resonance circuit, the physical mechanism of resonance is ...
Xiao Lei +5 more
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Delayed esophageal perforation following lightning strike: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Lightning is the second most common storm-related cause of death. The mortality following lightning strike is 10% to 30% and a large proportion of these people suffer cardiopulmonary arrest at the time of the strike.
Figgis Patricia, Alvarez George
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