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PubMed2005

An electrocution by metal kite line.

A case is reported in which death is caused due to electrocution by a copper wire that was used as string of the kite. Electric current flowed through the copper wire of cut down kite when it touched power line transmitting alternate current of 240 V at 50 Hz. The free end of copper wire had abraded against the victim's shoulder, neck and face, and finally entangled around the ear. A unique type of electrical injury is noticed due to contact with live copper wire. This paper stresses the unique danger of the kite flying.

Adult↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Electrocution due to contact of industrial equipment with power lines.

Electrocution due to contact of construction equipment with power lines is not uncommon as a source of industrial injury. We report seven such cases. Two patients sustained cardiac arrest and were successfully resuscitated at the scene. Four patients lost consciousness and in two cases, amnesia for the event was encountered. No long-term cardiac or neurologic effects were noted. Surgery including amputation was sometimes required. In all cases, the patient was on the ground touching the machinery or touching cables connected to the machinery at the time of injury. The importance of exercising due care in industrial safety measures is stressed. Prompt CPR was life saving in two cases.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed1977

Electrocution: an ever-present hazard.

Hospitals have become safer from electric shock accidents, but physicians who delegate to the electronics experts full responsibility in this regard will be shirking an obligation. Every physician should be involved both in programs to prevent these accidents in medical settings and in efforts to educate the public concerning the risk of electrocution in and around the home.

Accidents, Home↗
PubMed1998

Death from electrocution during autoerotic practice: case report and review of the literature.

A fatal case of electrocution occurring during autoerotic practice is described. A plausible reconstruction of the accident involves attachment of one electrode to the anus and accidental touching of the other electrode with hand and chest when attempting to attach it to the penis. Death was caused by myocardial fibrillation. Both cable and pornographic literature were obviously hidden by the parents of the deceased to conceal the actual cause of death. The accident is compared to cases found in the literature.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

Intestinal injury associated with low-voltage electrocution.

A 16-month-old girl suffered low-voltage electrocution from a hairdryer while playing in the bathtub. At exploratory laparotomy about 18 hours postinjury because of distention and persistent, unexplained acidosis, a 1.5-cm diameter necrotic lesion in the terminal ileum surrounded by multiple superficial serosal burns and a 1.5 x 1.0 cm eschar in the mid-transverse colon were found. The lesion in the small intestine was resected with wide margins and the colon lesion exteriorized. The child ultimately expired 12 hours after surgery from recurrent cardiac arrest. Abdominal visceral injury associated with major electrical injury is reviewed. Although the colon is probably the most frequently injured, the esophagus, pancreas, gallbladder, and small intestine have also been reported as directly injured by electric current. The importance of meticulous examination of the abdominal contents at laparotomy is stressed. Lesions of the small intestine should be resected with wide margins when possible and lesions of the colon resected with a colostomy of the injured segment exteriorized.

Baths↗
PubMed2003

Accidental electrocution during autoeroticism: a shocking case.

A case of atypical autoerotic death is described. An 18-year-old white man clad in two brassieres was found dead in his bedroom by his brother. Two wet green terry cloths were under the brassiere cups, connected to the house current via two metal washers and a bifid electrical cord. Literature depicting nude women was found near the victim. Autopsy revealed second-degree and third-degree burns of the mammary regions. Death was attributed to accidental self-electrocution. The authors will discuss typical and atypical forms of autoerotic death.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Electrocution during anaesthesia.

Cardiac arrest due to electrocution occurred in a young obstetric patient undergoing laparotomy. The patient subsequently died despite initial resuscitation. The cause was traced to an inappropriate and faulty switch in the base of the operating table; the circuit was completed by the ECG monitor which was of the direct earth type.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Electrocution of pigs.

Electrocution was considered to have caused 28 deaths in a house of 109 fat pigs. Post mortem examination showed haemorrhages at varying sites. Another 35, showing varying degrees of paralysis, were sent for slaughter. In most of these the pelvis was fractured and in some the vertebral column in the lumbosacral region. Twenty eight were condemned, 26 of them because of haemorrhages and because of spoilage associated with rupture of the urinary bladder.

Animals↗
PubMed2003

Electrocution in South Delhi: a retrospective study.

One hundred and fifty three unselected autopsy cases of electrocution received from South Delhi were studied during the period 1996-2001. Data for the study was gathered from autopsy reports and hospital records. The cases represented approximately 1.98% of all autopsy cases received from South Delhi at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (India). Data was analysed with regard to the age and sex of the victim, season of the year, site of the body, time of day, place of occurrence and presence of entry and exit wounds on the body. Death occurred at the scene of the fatal event in 150 cases and three cases died in hospital. Three cases showed no electric burn marks on the body; the cause of death in one of these cases was polytrauma due to a fall from a height and one case had committed suicide.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Evaluation of fly-electrocuting black light devices in caged-layer poultry facilities.

Insect-electrocuting black light devices were evaluated for their effectiveness in killing flies in caged-layer poultry facilities. Concurrently, the effect of the addition of the attractant muscalure (Z-9-tricosene) to these devices on their fly-killing efficiency was evaluated. An average of over 29,000 flies were killed per device per week in Facility 1 and 7,000 flies per device per week in Facility 2 over the 8-wk evaluation period. The addition of muscalure (25 to 200 mg/device) increased the number of flies killed by the devices by as much as 76% but only one of the increases was statistically significant. Both the house fly, Musca domestica, and the garbage fly, Ophyra spp. were apparently attracted to muscalure, as the number of both fly species killed was consistently higher in devices containing the attractant than in devices without the attractant.

Alkenes↗
PubMed1988

Myocardial infarction after electrocution.

A case of acute anterior myocardial infarction in a 16-year-old boy who suffered electrocution is described. In spite of extensive electrocardiographic changes of transmural (Q-wave) infarction, left ventricular function was preserved well. Coronary angiography subsequently revealed normal coronary arteries.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Electrocution in Western Australia, 1976-1990.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of electrical fatalities in Western Australia between 1976 and 1990. DATA SOURCES: Data for the study were gathered from hospital records, autopsy reports and findings from State Energy Commission and coronal investigations. DATA EXTRACTION: Information that was abstracted included age, sex, occupation, voltage, history of incident and autopsy findings. DATA SYNTHESIS: There were 104 victims. Death occurred most frequently in young men exposed to low voltage current during summer, and nearly half the fatalities occurred in the workplace. Water was present in up to 52% of fatalities. Without exception, all victims developed a lethal arrhythmia at the time of exposure to the electric shock, which usually resulted in death at the scene. CONCLUSION: When a victim is exposed to a fatal electric shock, the lethal arrhythmia occurs at the time of electrocution and is just as likely to occur at home as in the workplace. Electrical fatalities can be prevented largely by the use of residual current devices.

Accidents, Home↗
PubMed1991

Electrocution injuries. A case report.

A case study of a high-voltage injury was presented. The short period that the patient was in contact with the electrical source prevented further systemic injury and may have saved her life. The patient's present neuritis is indicative of long-term sequelae of electrocution injury, in which ischemic necrosis of the surrounding nerves can occur near or at the site of the exit wound.

Adult↗
PubMedDate not supplied

[Suicidal electrocution using timers. Case reports and review of the literature].

Suicidal electrocution using a time switch is relatively rare. Based on two cases from the authors' own forensic material and seven cases from literature peculiarities regarding the concomitant intake of medicines (benzodiazepines) and alcohol are discussed and comments are made how to proceed in the criminal and forensic investigation of such cases.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

[Penile reconstruction following amputation by electrocution].

We report a case of penile reconstruction after traumatic loss of the penis in a 27-year old man who was electrocuted. Phalloplasty using the remaining stumps of the corpora cavernosa was performed. The functional and cosmetic aspects of the organ are good.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Rare electrocution due to powerline contact in a hot-air balloon: comparison with fatalities from blunt trauma.

Powerline contact by hot-air balloons is one of the most frequent concurrences in balloon accidents resulting in injury or death. Injuries and deaths are usually a result of blunt trauma from falls. In this report, we describe the aircraft, the circumstances of the accidents and the autopsy data in two powerline contact accidents involving three deaths, one from electrocution and two, from blunt trauma sustained in falls. Appropriate pilot behavior is briefly discussed.

Accidental Falls↗
PubMed2005

Missed posterior fracture-dislocation of the humeral head following an electrocution injury to the arm.

Posterior dislocation of the shoulder is a rare and commonly missed injury. While prompt diagnosis and treatment is important to prevent untoward sequelae, it is often diagnosed and treated too late. The first reported case of a posterior fracture-dislocation of the humeral head following a domestic electrocution accident in Singapore is described in a 52-year-old man. The injury was missed by several doctors before a humeral head replacement was done. The diagnostic pitfalls and management of this injury and ways to avoid a missed or delayed diagnosis are discussed.

Electric Injuries↗
PubMed2006

[Experimental studies on ocular tissues taken from mice of electrocution under the electron microscope].

PURPOSE: To observe morphological characteristics in ocular tissues with electrocution under the electron microscope. METHODS: Fourteen mice are divided into two groups, the experimental group and the control group. In the experimental group, all of the 9 mice are killed by electricity (220 v, 50 Hz), with the heads connected to anode and the right leg to cathode. In the control group, all of the 5 mice are beheaded. Eyes fixed in glutaraldehyde, are split into two halves. One is observed under the electron microscope, and the other is observed morphological characteristics by H-E stain, which has been published. RESULTS: In the experimental group, morphological characteristics of the components of eyes present in varied degrees under the electron microscope, but not obvious in control group. CONCLUSION: It can be drawn that these certain morphological characteristics in the experimental group might be helpful to the treatment of electrical injury.

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