Lightning Burns and Electrical Trauma in a Couple Simultaneously Struck by Lightning

More people are struck and killed by lightning each year in Florida than any other state in the United States. This report discusses a couple that was simultaneously struck by lightning while walking arm-in-arm. Both patients presented with characteristic lightning burns and were admitted for hemody...

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Autores principales: Eyerly-Webb, Stephanie A., Solomon, Rachele, Lee, Seong K., Sanchez, Rafael, Carrillo, Eddy H., Davare, Dafney L., Kiffin, Chauniqua, Rosenthal, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849308
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.4.33706
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author Eyerly-Webb, Stephanie A.
Solomon, Rachele
Lee, Seong K.
Sanchez, Rafael
Carrillo, Eddy H.
Davare, Dafney L.
Kiffin, Chauniqua
Rosenthal, Andrew
author_facet Eyerly-Webb, Stephanie A.
Solomon, Rachele
Lee, Seong K.
Sanchez, Rafael
Carrillo, Eddy H.
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Kiffin, Chauniqua
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description More people are struck and killed by lightning each year in Florida than any other state in the United States. This report discusses a couple that was simultaneously struck by lightning while walking arm-in-arm. Both patients presented with characteristic lightning burns and were admitted for hemodynamic monitoring, serum labs, and observation and were subsequently discharged home. Despite the superficial appearance of lightning burns, serious internal electrical injuries are common. Therefore, lightning strike victims should be admitted and evaluated for cardiac arrhythmias, renal injury, and neurological sequelae.
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spelling pubmed-59651812018-05-30 Lightning Burns and Electrical Trauma in a Couple Simultaneously Struck by Lightning Eyerly-Webb, Stephanie A. Solomon, Rachele Lee, Seong K. Sanchez, Rafael Carrillo, Eddy H. Davare, Dafney L. Kiffin, Chauniqua Rosenthal, Andrew Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report More people are struck and killed by lightning each year in Florida than any other state in the United States. This report discusses a couple that was simultaneously struck by lightning while walking arm-in-arm. Both patients presented with characteristic lightning burns and were admitted for hemodynamic monitoring, serum labs, and observation and were subsequently discharged home. Despite the superficial appearance of lightning burns, serious internal electrical injuries are common. Therefore, lightning strike victims should be admitted and evaluated for cardiac arrhythmias, renal injury, and neurological sequelae. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5965181/ /pubmed/29849308 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.4.33706 Text en © 2017 Eyerly-Webb et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Davare, Dafney L.
Kiffin, Chauniqua
Rosenthal, Andrew
Lightning Burns and Electrical Trauma in a Couple Simultaneously Struck by Lightning
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title_sort lightning burns and electrical trauma in a couple simultaneously struck by lightning
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849308
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.4.33706
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