Electrical shock and lightning strike review

Endpoint

• effects on the cardiovascular system: sudden death, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiopulmonary arrest, myocardial injury, respiratory arrest, multisystem complications
• treatment/therapy: life support, triage priorities, prognosis
• epidemiology
• electrical injuries: pathophysiology

Exposure

• • DC
  • 50/60 Hz
  • touch current
  • lightning
• • power transmission line
  • electrical substation
  • inhouse wiring
  • other domestic appliance
  • electric injuries/electrocution
• • occupational
  • low voltage
  • high voltage