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J Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2022 This scenario was developed to educate emergency medicine residents on the various presentations and management of a patient struck by lightning.Annually, there are approximately 1.4 billon lightning strikes around the world; of these, an estimated 24,000 strikes cause significant injury or death.1 In the United States, there are approximately 400 ...
Powell T, Charnigo A, Yee J.
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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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Lightning Strike Protection: Current Challenges and Future Possibilities. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 An airplane is statistically struck by lightning every year. The need for lightweight aircraft to reduce the production of carbon dioxide has significantly reduced the presence of metals in favour of composites, resulting in lower lightning strike ...
Ostermann M +4 more
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The response of zircon to the extreme pressures and temperatures of a lightning strike. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Hypervelocity impacts can produce features in zircon that are not normally produced by endogenic processes. However, lightning can also induce extreme pressure–temperature excursions, and its effect on zircon has not been studied.
Kenny GG, Pasek MA.
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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 ...
Dydek K +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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Lightning Strike-Induced Myocarditis. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Lightning strikes are frequently encountered and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It could impair several organs, but the effects of electric current on the cardiovascular system contribute to the primary cause of cardiorespiratory arrest.
Mahajan OA +3 more
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IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 This paper establishes a complete lightning overvoltage simulation of an offshore wind farm, considering the electromagnetic effects including the blade, the tower and the power cable based on transmission‐line theory.
Jie Zhang +4 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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