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

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Stephanie A Eyerly-WebbAndrew Rosenthal

Abstract

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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Aug 27, 2019·European Heart Journal. Case Reports·Bogdan ObszańskiAndrzej Kleinrok

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