title: Lightning accident with eight victims: case report and brief review of the literature.
abstract: A case of a lightning accident with eight victims is presented. The patients presented with typical injuries, such as cardiocirculatory arrest, apnea, burns, lightning paralysis, and rupture of internal organs. Two of three patients with cardiocirculatory arrest were successfully resuscitated. A brief description of the spectrum of typical lightning injuries, as well as the recommended therapy concepts, are given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, University of Basel, Kantonsspital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ummenhofer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation