Case report of a 13-year-old struck by lightning.
Lightning strikes kill 1,000 people per year worldwide. Cardiac arrests resulting from lightning strikes have good survival rates but there is a significant degree of morbidity amongst the survivors. This is the case report of a 13-year-old boy who had a cardiac arrest following a direct lightning strike, and his subsequent management.
Courtman
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Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK. simon@barrels.freeserve.co.uk
Wilson
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PM
Mok
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D000293:Adolescent; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male