1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, RGUHS, Shimoga, Karnataka,
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, RGUHS, Hubli, Karnataka,
3Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, RGUHS, Shimoga, Karnataka,
4Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Science, RGUHS, Bangalore, Karnataka,
5Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, RGUHS, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
*Corresponding author: Aadam Ali Nadaf, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India - 580022. Mobile: +91-9449435376. Email: forensicnadaf@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2013.
Instances of lightning strike in humans are less common. Though survival is the more usual outcome in such natural calamities, death could be caused due to cardiopulmonary arrest, damage to brain, burns or rarely from disruption of body due to blast effect. We report a case of fatal lightning strike in an adult male with dermatological manifestations of superficial burns, burns from heated necklace along with entry and exit wounds. Inspite of today's technology improving in leaps and bounds, natural calamity cannot be prevented from occurring, never-the-less, precautionary measures in the form of erecting more number of lightning leaders and application of 30–30 rule may be employed.
Strike, Entry and Exit wounds, Heated necklace burn, 30–30 Rule
