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Case report of a 13‐year‐old struck by lightning
Author(s) -
Courtman S.P.,
Wilson P.M.,
Mok Q.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00963.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lightning strike , lightning (connector) , medical emergency , demography , meteorology , pediatrics , thunderstorm , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
Summary Lightning strikes kill 1000 people per year worldwide. Cardiac arrests resulting from lightning strikes have good survival rates but there is a significant degree of morbidity amongst the survivors. This is the case report of a 13‐year‐old boy who had a cardiac arrest following a direct lightning strike, and his subsequent management.