Citation

Graber J, Ummenhofer W, Herion H. J. Trauma 1996; 40(2): 288-290.

Affiliation

Department of Anaesthesia, University of Basel, Kantonsspital, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8637081

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.