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Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
Lightning Strike ... Injury Types of Lightning ... Strikes: Direct ... Lightning Strike ... CNS- stroke, seizure
Lichtenberg Figure 
Superficial fern or feather pattern from "electron shower" - Pathognomonic for lightning strike 

#Lichtenberg
Pathognomonic for lightning ... strike #Lichtenberg ... #Figure #Lightning ... #Strike #Rash #
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Psychiatric • Stroke ... • Stairs • Lighting
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
Lightning Strike ... direct current (lightening ... CNS- stroke, seizure
Positive Seidel (Fluorescein) Test - Aqueous Humor Leak after foreign body trauma

Proper identification of Seidel sign
via fluorescein strip ... under cobalt blue lighting
LIGHTNING LEARNING: TODDLER'S FRACTURE
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Toddlers #Fracture #EM3
LIGHTNING LEARNING
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Examples: - Stroke ... Dementia - Stroke ... - Cerebellar stroke ... Hazards: Poor lighting
Pyloric Stenosis - Overview - Lightning Learning

Thickened pyloric muscle obstructing the passage of milk going into
Stenosis - Overview - Lightning

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) strokes can be challenging to diagnose, due to the variability in symptoms,
cerebral artery (PCA) strokes ... incidence of PCA strokes ... Patients with a PCA stroke ... PCAstroke #cva #stroke
ACA infarcts are rare because of the collateral circulation provided by the anterior communicating artery. ACA infarct
cerebral artery strokes ... about 0.3%-4.4% of stroke ... presentation of this stoke ... anteriorcerebralartery #cva #stroke