Citation

Eyerly-Webb SA, Solomon R, Lee SK, Sanchez R, Carrillo EH, Davare DL, Kiffin C, Rosenthal A. Clin. Pract. Cases Emerg. Med. 2017; 1(3): 246-250.

Affiliation

Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine)

DOI

10.5811/cpcem.2017.4.33706

PMID

29849308

PMCID

PMC5965181

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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