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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Early Management of the Lightning Strike Victim

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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In the past 40 years, lightning has killed more people than any other storm-related phenomena except floods (1). On average, lightning causes 75 to 100 deaths per year (1). The number of nonfatal injuries is estimated to be 10 times the number of deaths, but the exact number is not precisely known because of incomplete reporting (2). A risk table for lightning injury is available at http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov and is excerpted as Table 1.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

    Mary Ann Cooper MD

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

    Mary Ann Cooper MD

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, MacNeal Hospital, Berwin, IL

    Sara Ashley Johnson MD

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

    Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP  & Mary Ann Peberdy MD, FACC  & 

  2. Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

    Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP  & Mary Ann Peberdy MD, FACC  & 

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Cooper, M.A., Johnson, S.A. (2005). Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Early Management of the Lightning Strike Victim. In: Ornato, J.P., Peberdy, M.A. (eds) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-814-5:425

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