Although electrical injuries constitute a small proportion of emergency visits, the devastating
morbidity associated with them requires a firm knowledge of pathophysiolog% clinical
manifestations, and treatment. A spectrum ranging from the household finger-in-socket low
voltage accident to millionvolt lightning strikes makes it imperative that the emergency
physician have at least a working knowledge of the following: 1) the basic physical aspects
of electricity, 2) the physiologic responses and adaptations to the injury, 3) the potential …