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The American Journal of Nursing, 1986
Lightning accidents are responsible for several hundred deaths and thousands of injuries each year in this country. Survivors sustain a variety of cardiac, neurologic, musculoskeletal, and dermatologic injuries. Eye and ear injuries are also occasionally noted.
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Lightning accidents are responsible for several hundred deaths and thousands of injuries each year in this country. Survivors sustain a variety of cardiac, neurologic, musculoskeletal, and dermatologic injuries. Eye and ear injuries are also occasionally noted.
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Aerospace Testing International, 2022
Lightning testing is innovating to meet the needs of changing aircraft designs and advances in materials
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Lightning testing is innovating to meet the needs of changing aircraft designs and advances in materials
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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Lightning is a common environmental hazard, and is a significant cause of global injury and death. Care and evaluation should follow general trauma guidelines, but several unique aspects of lightning injuries necessitate deviations from standard care that can improve survival and overall outcomes.
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Lightning is a common environmental hazard, and is a significant cause of global injury and death. Care and evaluation should follow general trauma guidelines, but several unique aspects of lightning injuries necessitate deviations from standard care that can improve survival and overall outcomes.
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Lightning Strikes at a Mass Gathering
Southern Medical Journal, 1999Among natural disasters, lightning is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. A well-informed bystander and an astute physician can make the difference between an outcome of death or lifelong disability versus complete or near-complete recovery.
D P, Milzman, L, Moskowitz, M, Hardel
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1994
A case is presented of a teen-aged athlete who sustained a direct lightning strike to the head while wearing a football helmet. The helmet, the presence of sweat, and aggressive resuscitation were instrumental in his survival and complete recovery. This appears to be the first documentation of a lightning strike to an individual wearing protective ...
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A case is presented of a teen-aged athlete who sustained a direct lightning strike to the head while wearing a football helmet. The helmet, the presence of sweat, and aggressive resuscitation were instrumental in his survival and complete recovery. This appears to be the first documentation of a lightning strike to an individual wearing protective ...
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Survey of Ophthalmology, 2008
A 73-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of decreased vision in here right eye. The patient had a history of giant cell arteritis successfully treated 5 years previous to this presentation. She had been off corticosteroids for 3 years. A repeat temporal artery biopsy was positive.
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A 73-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of decreased vision in here right eye. The patient had a history of giant cell arteritis successfully treated 5 years previous to this presentation. She had been off corticosteroids for 3 years. A repeat temporal artery biopsy was positive.
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Dysphagia following lightning strike
Dysphagia, 1988Numerous articles on the topic of neurologic, cardiac, and burn complications following electrical injury have appeared in the literature since 1934 [1]. Specific mention of dysphagia as a complication of survivors of this type of injury was not found on literature review. For this reason our case is of particular interest.
A K, Silbergleit, S W, Trenkner
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Electrical shock and lightning strike
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1993Cardiac arrest from electrical shock or lightning strike is associated with significant mortality and requires modification and extension of standard advanced life support measures to achieve successful resuscitation. Patients who experience electrical shock or lightning strike may sustain cardiac and respiratory arrest secondary to the direct effects ...
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Neuropathology of Lightning-strike Injuries
Seminars in Neurology, 1995When a person is struck by lightning a spectrum of neurologic damage can result. Approximately one third of the strikes prove to be fatal. The possibility of damage to the CNS relates to the type of lightning injury (direct strike, stride potential, or side flash), the intensity and duration of the current, the pathway of the current within the body ...
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Neurologic manifestations of lightning strikes
Neurology, 2003Objective: To review neurologic sequelae of lightning strikes, to consider prevention and management, and to discuss current knowledge about the mechanism of lightning damage to tissues. Results: Most lightning-related neurologic damage involves the CNS as opposed to the peripheral nervous system.
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