EM Cases · Electrical and lightning injury
High-voltage electrical injury resus
Resus station: trauma ABCDE, rhabdomyolysis, compartment watch, ECG.
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Prompt
Linesman high-voltage contact, small entry wound palm, thrown from height, dark urine.
Stem
All persons, presentations and observations in this station are fictional and invented for teaching assessment; they do not describe a real person.
References2ShowHide
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- [2]Jensen PJ, Thomsen PE, Bagger JP, et al. Electrical injury causing ventricular arrhythmias. Br Heart J, 1987.PMID 3566986