Citation

Ghezzi KT. Postgrad. Med. 1989; 85(8): 197-8, 201-3, 207-8.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Vendome Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2726639

Abstract

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.

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