Electrocution: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:13, 4 January 2015

Finger
Mouth
- Electrical cord bite
- Usually arc burns that may involve the orbicularis oris muscle, the oropharynx, and damage to the developing dentition
Extremities
- Kissing burn: occurs at the flexor creases of the extremities due to current flowing across opposing skin surfaces as the extremity is forced into flexion by an electric shock
Lightning
Power Lines

Brain: lack of concentration
Eyes: cataracts
Ears: Ruptured TMs
Cardiac: Arrhythmia
Renal: ARI
Rhabdomyolysis
Mouth/Lip
- Usually a child who bites an electrical cord
- Significant risk of delayed bleeding from the labial artery exists when the eschar separates
- occurs 3 to 14 days post injury

Burned tissue should not be debrided
Cleansed and a petroleum-based antibiotic ointment applied to exposed skin areas

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 ==Background==
+*Finger
+*Mouth
+**Electrical cord bite
+**Usually arc burns that may involve the orbicularis oris muscle, the oropharynx, and damage to the developing dentition
+*Extremities
+**Kissing burn: occurs at the flexor creases of the extremities due to current flowing across opposing skin surfaces as the extremity is forced into flexion by an electric shock
+*Lightning
+*Power Lines
 ===End Organ Effects===
-#Brain: lack of concentration
+*Brain: lack of concentration
-#Eyes: cataracts
+*Eyes: cataracts
-#Ears: Ruptured TMs
+*Ears: Ruptured TMs
-#Cardiac: Arrhythmia
+*Cardiac: Arrhythmia
-#Renal: ARI
+*Renal: ARI
-#Rhabdomyolysis
+*Rhabdomyolysis
+*Mouth/Lip
+**Usually a child who bites an electrical cord
+**Significant risk of delayed bleeding from the labial artery exists when the eschar separates
+**occurs 3 to 14 days post injury
 ==Treatment==
+*Burned tissue should not be debrided
+*Cleansed and a petroleum-based antibiotic ointment applied to exposed skin areas
 ===Cardiac Monitoring Indications===
 # [[Cardiac Arrest]]