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Lightning injuries are divided into direct strikes, side splash, contact injury, and ground current. [1] Ground current occurs when the lightning strikes nearby and travels to the person through the ground. [1] Side splash makes up about a third of cases and occurs when lightning strikes nearby and jumps through the air to the person. [1]
The slight branching redness traveling up this person's leg was created by current from a nearby lightning strike. A Lichtenberg figure (German Lichtenberg-Figur), or Lichtenberg dust figure, is a branching electric discharge that sometimes appears on the surface or in the interior of insulating materials. Lichtenberg figures are often ...
Lightning injury caused by a nearby lightning strike. The slight branching redness (sometimes called a Lichtenberg figure) travelling up the leg was caused by the effects of current. Specialty: Emergency medicine: Complications: Burns, rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrest, bone fractures [1] Frequency >30,000 per year (USA) [1] Deaths ~1,000 per year ...
The danger of a lightning strike depends on several factors, including where a person is when being struck, the kind of object someone is holding or even the amount of water on the person's skin.
Lightning strikes can injure humans in several different ways: [4] [5]. Direct. Direct strike – the person is part of a flash channel. Enormous quantities of energy pass through the body very quickly, resulting in internal burns, organ damage, explosions of flesh and bone, and nervous system damage.
Lightning rods have been installed to divert strikes that could damage the statue. In fact, lightning struck right before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, damaging the statue’s head and a fingertip.
Across the city, lightning and rain lit up the night sky and made quite a fuss for the athletes at the 2024 Paris Games. On Aug. 1, the official TODAY Instagram shared photos of the brilliant ...
Electrical burning has an effect on most vital body functions and is accompanied by several other electrical related injuries: Damage to the veins and arteries which can cause ischaemic necrosis. Involuntary contraction of muscles due to electrical interference which can cause bone fractures and dislocations.