Lightning injuries. A unique treatment challenge
Ghezzi, K.T.
Postgraduate Medicine 85(8): 197-8 201-3 207-8
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 2726639 Document Number: 333738
Care of victims of lightning injury is a unique challenge rarely encountered in most clinical practices. Victims may present without signs or symptoms or, conversely, may present in cardiac arrest. Many have chronic, debilitating sequelae. Physicians caring for these patients either in the field or in the emergency department should be prepared to institute aggressive management techniques. An understanding of lightning physics and injury patterns prevents costly and inappropriate diagnostic tests and treatment.