{"pk":418,"title":"Lightning Burns and Electrical Trauma in a Couple Simultaneously Struck by Lightning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"More people are struck and killed by lightning each year in Florida than any other state in the UnitedStates. This report discusses a couple that was simultaneously struck by lightning while walkingarm-in-arm. Both patients presented with characteristic lightning burns and were admitted forhemodynamic monitoring, serum labs, and observation and were subsequently discharged home.Despite the superficial appearance of lightning burns, serious internal electrical injuries are common.Therefore, lightning strike victims should be admitted and evaluated for cardiac arrhythmias, renalinjury, and neurological sequelae.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9nr3v4qx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Stephanie","middle_name":"A.","last_name":"Eyerly-Webb","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Rachele","middle_name":"","last_name":"Solomon","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Seong","middle_name":"K.","last_name":"Lee","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Rafael","middle_name":"","last_name":"Sanchez","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Eddy","middle_name":"H.","last_name":"Carrillo","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Dafney","middle_name":"L.","last_name":"Davare","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Chauniqua","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kiffin","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Andrew","middle_name":"","last_name":"Rosenthal","name_suffix":"","institution":"Memorial Regional Hospital, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Hollywood, Florida","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-07-13T12:41:37-04:00","date_accepted":"2017-07-13T12:41:37-04:00","date_published":"2017-07-17T14:38:35-04:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/418/galley/182/download/"}]}