1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere-577004, Karnataka (India), E mail: drrajugm@gmail.com
2Final year post graduate cum tutor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere-577004, Karnataka (India), E mail: selvafm@gmail.com
3Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, S.S. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Davangere-577005, Karnataka (India). E-mail: drvijayanath@gmail.com
42nd year PC BSC, Bapuji Collage of Nursing, Davangere-577004, Karnataka (India) E-mail: gshiniraju@gmail.com
*Corresponding Author: Dr. G.M. Raju. MD, Corresponding Author's Institution: J.J.M.Medical College.
Online published on 29 April, 2015.
Electricity becomes the integral part of the modern world. By human it can be used both in productive and destructive way. By using the same electricity in a different condition we save the life of the patients in the emergency wards and intensive care unit [ICU] in the form of cardio version with the paddle called defibrillator. Here we present a case of a male child who got electrocuted accidentally while playing cricket, by the high voltage overhead line thus he lost his vision of both the eyes, because of herniation of the brain through the entry wound.
Electrocution, High voltage, Blindness, Child, Accidental
