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Table 1 Injury suffered when hit by lightning. Mild injuries included closed fractures, open wounds without hemodynamically relevant bleeding, arrhythmia or paraesthesia

From: Lightning accidents in the Austrian alps – a 10-year retrospective nationwide analysis

 

Uninjured

Mildly injured

Severly injured

Dead

Unknown

Acute stress reaction

3

6

   

Cardiovascular disorder

 

13

2

3

 

Cardiovascular disorder and TBI

  

1

  

Cardiovascular disorder and TBI, open wound head

  

1

  

Burn injury, whole body

 

1

   

Burn injury, shoulder

 

3

   

Burn injury, upper arm

 

1

   

Burn injury, forearm

 

1

   

Burn injury, foot

 

2

   

Burn injury ankle joint, multiple lacerations lower leg

  

1

  

Injury not further specified, forearm

 

4

   

Injury not further specified, hand

 

1

   

Open wound, head

 

2

   

Open wound, lower leg (due to crampon)

 

1

   

Fracture, shoulder

  

1

  

Fracture, lower leg

 

1

   

Paresthesia lower arm, vertigo

 

1

   

Parethesia not further defined

 

1

   

Unknown injury pattern, not further specified by emergency service on scene

4

6

1

1

2

 

7

44

7

4

2

  1. Severe injuries included traumatic brain injury, open fractures and impairment of the cardiovascular system up to the extent of cardiac arrest