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Lightning strikes
Author(s) -
Fulde Gordian W O,
Marsden St John
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb126160.x
Subject(s) - lightning (connector) , lightning strike , natural phenomenon , medical emergency , resuscitation , forensic engineering , meteorology , aeronautics , engineering , medicine , history , emergency medicine , natural (archaeology) , physics , thunderstorm , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , archaeology
Lightning strike is a natural phenomenon with potentially devastating effects. The physics of lightning strike and the physiology of lightning injury are discussed. Three cases are reported and the clinical features are described. Aspects of the management of such patients are discussed with particular emphasis on assessment and resuscitation in the Emergency Department.