How to Manage a Patient with Lightning Injury

1992 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis L. Jepsen
Keyword(s):  
Lightning Injury

Unusual aspects of lightning injury in potato

1973 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 258-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Hooker
Keyword(s):  
Lightning Injury

scholarly journals Skin burn, bilateral iridocyclitis and amnesia following a lightning injury

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lone K. Sommer ◽  
Henrik Lund-Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Skin Burn ◽  
Lightning Injury

Lightning Injury in an Outdoor Swine Herd

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Van Alstine ◽  
William R. Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Lightning Strike ◽  
Pelvic Cavity ◽  
Lumbosacral Junction ◽  
Multiple Fractures ◽  
Swine Herd ◽  
Spinal Nerves ◽  
Lumbar Vertebral Body ◽  
Lightning Injury ◽  
Hind Limb Paralysis ◽  
Vertebral Segment

Three pigs, weighing 63 kg–70 kg each, from a group of 8 pigs in an outdoor pen that was struck by lightning were necropsied. All 3 pigs presented with hind limb paralysis. The only lesions identified were multiple fractures of the last (seventh) lumbar vertebral body and first sacral vertebral segment, with dorsal displacement of the sacrum and transection of the distal spinal cord and spinal nerves. Hemorrhages extended from the fracture sites into muscles immediately surrounding the lumbosacral junction and retroperitoneally into the pelvic cavity. These hemorrhages were not clearly visible until the pelvic region was dissected. Lesions commonly found in human lightning-strike victims were not present in these pigs. Because vertebral fractures may be the only lesions and may be grossly subtle in heavily muscled pigs, careful pelvic and vertebral dissection is recommended in cases of suspected lightning strike and electrocution.

Biophysical injury mechanisms associated with lightning injury

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bier ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Elena Bodnar ◽  
Raphael C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Injury Mechanisms ◽  
Lightning Injury

Telephone‐related lightning injury

1986 ◽  
Vol 144 (13) ◽  
pp. 706-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce R. Johnstone ◽  
David L. Harding ◽  
Bruce Hocking
Keyword(s):  
Lightning Injury

Burn Rounds:The Lightning Injury

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Scheulen ◽  
Andrew M. Munster
Keyword(s):  
Lightning Injury

Lightning Injury of the Tympanic Membrane

1993 ◽  
Vol 102 (11) ◽  
pp. 867-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam I. Redleaf ◽  
Brian F. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
External Auditory Canal ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Mechanism Of Injury ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Lightning Strikes ◽  
Lightning Injury

A number of cases of otologic injuries by lightning strikes have been described in the otolaryngological literature. The mechanism of these injuries remains uncertain. We report 3 cases of lightning injury that presented to us. Analysis of these cases suggests that the mechanism of injury is direct conduction of electricity from the scalp to the soft tissues of the external auditory canal to the tympanic membrane. The conduits of the electrical surge are the subcutaneous blood vessels, smaller vessels being damaged more than larger vessels. Since the tympanic membrane central vessels are smaller than the canal vessels, the central area of the tympanic membrane would be most vulnerable, and this is seen clinically. A review of the literature supports this proposed mechanism of injury.

The spinal cord in lightning injury: A report of two cases

2009 ◽  
Vol 276 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 199-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sowmya Lakshminarayanan ◽  
Sudhanshu Chokroverty ◽  
Noam Eshkar ◽  
Raji Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Lightning Injury
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