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    What are the types of injury caused due to lightening?

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      Taposh last edited by sarkarsatarupa

      About 10% of people who are struck by lightning die because the heart stops beating and breathing stops. In some people who survive severe lightning injury, an electrocardiogram is done to monitor the heartbeat, and blood or imaging tests are needed. Once the person is resuscitated, burns and other injuries are treated. What are the types of injury caused due to lightening?

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        Snigdha @Taposh last edited by

        @taposh A person struck directly by lightning becomes a part of the main lightning discharge channel. Most often, direct strikes occur to victims who are in open areas. Direct strikes are not as common as the other ways people are struck by lightning, but they are potentially the most deadly. In most direct strikes, a portion of the current moves along and just over the skin surface (called flashover) and a portion of the current moves through the body. A side flash (also called a side splash) occurs when lightning strikes a taller object near the victim and a portion of the current jumps from taller object to the victim. In essence, the person acts as a “short circuit” for some of energy in the lightning discharge.

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