Lightning strike injuries
Kieron Thayre Senior Lecturer, Accident and Emergency at University of Hertfordshire
Kieron Thayre discusses the rare but potentially readly phenomenon of lightning strike injuries
In the United States lightning is responsible for more deaths than any other naturally occurring disaster including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes (1). Estimates suggest that between 300-600 people the of lightning injuries each year and that several thousand more are injured but survive (2).
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doi: 10.7748/en.3.2.19.s5
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