title: High tension electrical injury from a telephone receiver.
abstract: A high tension (13000 V) electrical injury to a young man from telephone receiver is described. The current entered the telephone circuit due to contact with a high tension live wire running close to the telephone wire 2 km away from the site of incidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576,119, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013689:Telephone; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery