An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with...
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injuries may include electrical injury, burns from heat, and mechanical trauma. Diagnosis is typically based on history of the injury and examination. Prevention...
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An electrical burn is a burn that results from electricity passing through the body causing rapid injury. Approximately 1000 deaths per year due to electrical...
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medications, or a substance use disorder. Other causes include infections, electrical injury, heat stroke, prolonged immobilization, lack of blood flow to a limb...
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AC power plugs and sockets (redirect from Electrical socket)
subsequently developed for both convenience and protection from electrical injury. Electrical plugs and sockets differ from one another in voltage and current...
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of oxygen, electrolyte disturbance (such as very low potassium), electrical injury, and intense physical exercise. Cardiac arrest is diagnosed by the...
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Burn (redirect from Burn injury)
Numbness or tingling may persist for a prolonged period of time after an electrical injury. Burns may also produce emotional and psychological distress. Burns...
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ethanol faster than an immersion heater, commonly sold in 300 W. Electrical injury may occur if immersion heaters are modified, as if a 35 °C (95 °F)...
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High voltage (category Electrical safety)
High voltage electricity refers to electrical potential large enough to cause injury or damage. In certain industries, high voltage refers to voltage...
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cause serious electrical injuries in the workplace. Lightning strikes can also cause severe electrical injuries. Fatal electrical injuries are often caused...
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Ethernet system as galvanic isolators to reduce the potential for electrical injury and limit the extent of damage due to lightning strikes. Through the...
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insurance). Electrical injury: If an electrical fault or unreasonably hazardous electrical system causes an electrical injury ("electrocution" if the injury is...
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Angioedema Allergy Arthus reaction Adverse drug reaction Other Electrical injury Lightning injuries Drowning Ungrouped skin conditions resulting from physical...
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Electrician (redirect from Electrical technician)
An electrician is a tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment. Electricians...
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Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a technique that uses low-energy electrical pulses to artificially generate body movements in individuals who...
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2024-02-21. http://www.electrical-knowhow.com Electrical installations Physiological Effects of Electricity Electrical injuries electrical-installation.org...
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Electric switchboard (redirect from Electrical switchboard)
exposed. In a modern switchboard, the operator is protected from electrical injury by metal-enclosed circuit breakers, switches, and fuses. There may...
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Raymond M (2021). "Thermal and mechanical shock wave injury". In Nabours, Robert E (ed.). Electrical injuries: engineering, medical, and legal aspects. Tucson...
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Lichtenberg Figure Skin Response in a Patient with a High-Voltage Electrical Injury". Frontiers in Medicine. 8. doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.663807. PMC 8226253...
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neurosensory and neuropsychological function recovery in electrical and lightning injury survivors. The CETRI team consists of faculty associate with...
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Residual-current device (category Electrical wiring)
("trip") quickly enough to potentially prevent serious injury to humans, and to prevent damage to electrical devices. RCDs are testable and resettable devices—a...
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crush injury. If the force creating the nerve damage is removed in a timely fashion, the axon may regenerate, leading to recovery. Electrically, the nerve...
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Electrocution (category Injuries)
a leyden jar, the first recorded injury from human-made electricity. By the mid-19th century high-voltage electrical systems came into use to power arc...
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Fractal burning (category Electrical safety)
Richardson DO; Kevin Johnston MD (2021). "An unusual case of high-voltage electrical injury involving fractal wood burning". Journal of Burn Care & Research....
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Jeffrey; Sheridan, Robert (September 1997). "Electrical injury from subway third rails: serious injury associated with intermediate voltage contact"...
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Diving disorders. Drowning, including related asphyxia. Dysmenorrhea. Electrical injury Gastrointestinal bleeding. Hair tourniquet a condition where a hair...
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A penile injury is a medical emergency that afflicts the penis. Common injuries include fracture, avulsion injury, strangulation, entrapment, and amputation...
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electrophobia have lost their ability to rationalize the situation. Electrical injury and electrical burn Electromagnetic hypersensitivity Radiophobia "Electrophobia...
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Musculoskeletal injury refers to damage of muscular or skeletal systems, which is usually due to a strenuous activity and includes damage to skeletal muscles...
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"Functional electrical stimulation for bowel, bladder, and sexual function". In Verhaagen, J.; McDonald III, J.W. (eds.). Spinal Cord Injury: Handbook of...
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