Zack, F. and Raphael, T. and Kupfer, J. and Jokuszies, A. and Vogt, P. M. and Buettner, A. and Pueschel, K. and Schalke, B. and Todt, M. and Dettmeyer, R. (2013) Four fatalities due to lightning on a golf course. RECHTSMEDIZIN, 23 (2). pp. 114-118. ISSN 0937-9819,
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In June 2012, 4 women aged 41, 50, 66 and 67 years old died when lightning struck a golf course in Hesse, Germany and 3 of the women died immediately on the golf course and 1 woman died 4 days later in a burn center. All victims showed typical findings, such as Lichtenberg figures, skin burns, scorched hair, torn clothing, thermally induced changes to metal parts of clothing and signs of metallization due to heat evaporation of a necklace. A lightning strike involving four fatalities is extremely rare and has not occurred in Germany for decades. Golf courses have an increased risk to be hit by lightning due to the relatively large distances to protective lightening conductors and often have many trees which increase the hazard risk potential during thunderstorms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; Lightning injuries; Burns, electric; Clothing; Resuscitation; Recommendations |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2020 08:44 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2020 08:44 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/16942 |
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