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Jan 8, 2018

This episode of CRACKCast covers Chapter 134 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine (9th Ed.): Electrical and Lightning Injuries. 

Core questions:

 

  • What is the relationship between current, voltage and resistance?  How does this relate to potential for injury from electrical and lightning injuries?
  • What are the types of electrical injury? (based on type of current)
  • Differentiate between AC and DC current injuries.
  • List 4 types of electrical burns and 5 mechanisms of lightning injury
  • List 5 expected injury patterns for high-voltage and lightning injuries
  • List clinical findings (early and late) associated with electrical injuries.
  • List clinical findings associated with lightning exposure.
  • Describe the skin injuries associated with lightning and electricity.
  • Describe the modifications in field triage of multiple victims following a lightning strike.
  • Describe the prehospital management of electrical injuries
  • List 6 admission criteria for electrical/lightning injuries
  • List 6 complications of high-voltage injuries
  • Tips to avoid getting hit by lightning

 

 

Wisecracks:

 

  • List six mechanisms of lightning injury.
  • ECG features of lightning strike. 
  • What is keraunoparalysis?
  • Describe the management of a pregnant patient (1st trimester and 2nd /3rd trimester) in the setting of electrical injury.
  • How are perioral electrical burns managed? List three early and three late complications.