Lightning accident with eight victims: case report and brief review of the literature

J Trauma. 1996 Feb;40(2):288-90. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199602000-00020.

Abstract

A case of a lightning accident with eight victims is presented. The patients presented with typical injuries, such as cardiocirculatory arrest, apnea, burns, lightning paralysis, and rupture of internal organs. Two of three patients with cardiocirculatory arrest were successfully resuscitated. A brief description of the spectrum of typical lightning injuries, as well as the recommended therapy concepts, are given.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lightning Injuries / complications
  • Lightning Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Lightning Injuries / therapy
  • Male
  • Resuscitation