TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Electrical Injury
A1  - Park, Chan W.
A1  - Juliano, Michael L.
A1  - Woodhall, Dana
A2  - Knoop, Kevin J.
A2  - Stack, Lawrence B.
A2  - Storrow, Alan B.
A2  - Thurman, R. Jason
PY  - 2021
T2  - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
AB  - Electricity  generates  heat  through  tissue  resistance  or  directly  by  the  current  on  cells.  Many  factors  affect  injury  severity:  type  of  current  (DC  or  AC),  intensity,  duration,  tissue  resistance,  and  pathway  through  the  body.  When  electricity  traverses  the  tissues,  it  may  cause  contact  burns,  thermal  injury,  muscular  tetany,  or  severe  contraction.  Sudden  death  (asystole,  respiratory  arrest,  ventricular  fibrillation),  myocardial  damage,  myoglobinuria,  compartment  syndrome,  and  various  metabolic  disorders  have  been  described.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181057164
ER  -