Lightning Strike Electrical Injury Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body. VARIABLES: voltage, amperage, resistance, type of current (AC/DC), duration, pathway. INJURY TYPES: 1. Low-Voltage <1000V 2. High-Voltage >1000V - typically seen in industrial settings or power line injuries.Associated with electrical burns 3. Lightning Strike 4. Electric Arc- associated with high voltage source 5. Blast force may result in trauma. DC- direct current (lightening) AC- alternating (household) ORGAN SYSTEMS: 1. CARDIAC: asytole or Vfib prehospital. At presentation, most common is Afib. 2. VASC: necrosis, coagulation, compartment syndrome 3. CNS- stroke, seizure, syncope 4. ORTHO- fracture/dislocate 5. OCULAR- cataracts (later on) 6. GI 7. DERM - various burns the_resuscitationist @the_resuscitationist #Lightning #Strike #Electrical #Injury #clinical #video #NSFW #Electrocution
