A High Voltage Electrical Burn of Lung Parenchyma elec. inj.

Patients

• One adult, France

Endpoint

• burns
• current marks/necrosis
• fractures/ruptures
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): amputation
• servere injury of the lung parenchyma
• cardiovascular effects: arrhythmia

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, occupational
• electrical substation
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely