"Train Surfers": Analysis of 23 Cases of Electrical Burns Caused by High Tension Railway Overhead Cables elec. inj.

Patients

• 23 adults and children (younger than 14 years), Brazil

Endpoint

• burns
• current marks/necrosis
• respiratory paralysis
• muscle paralysis
• fractures/ruptures
• secondary renal failure
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): amputation
• other
• cardiovascular effects: cardiac failure

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, DC, high voltage ≥ 1.5 kV DC, personal
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely