ICU SAQs · Environmental emergencies
Lightning strike — the reverse triage
A CICM SAQ on the lightning triage — the REVERSE the triage (the dead-appearing the PRIORITY), the CPR / the bagging for the apnoeic.
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Five people are struck by lightning. Two are walking wounded, one is confused, one is unconscious and apnoeic, one appears dead. Outline the triage and the management.
Question
Five people are struck by lightning. Two are walking wounded, one is confused, one is unconscious and apnoeic, one appears dead. Outline the triage and the management.[1]
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- [1]Ritenour AE, et al. Lightning injury: a review. Burns, 2008.PMID 18395987
- [3]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.