RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 1181057164
T1 Electrical Injury
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181057164
RD 2024/04/18
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.