Electrical injury

Electrical injury
Definition
An electrical injury can occur to the skin or internal organs when a person is directly exposed to an electrical current.

Electrical Injury
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
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Electrical injury
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Electrical injury Symptoms
Review Date: 01/15/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

An electrical injury can occur to the skin or internal organs when a person is directly exposed to an electrical current.
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Electrical injury
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Fingers and hands may be destroyed by electrical injury. Electric current may arc from one object to another, such as from a wire to a hand tool, without entering the body.

Don't get near high-voltage wires until the power is turned off. Stay at least 20 feet away — farther if wires are jumping and sparking.
Don't move a person with an electrical injury unless the person is in immediate danger.

Need for revision, or further and more aggressive surgery.
Prolonged pain, infection, bleeding, or impaired healing.
Thermal or electrical injury to the mucus membranes of the soft palate, uvula, or mouth. This may result in tissue loss by burn.

See also: Injury, Emergency, Shock, Injuries, Electrical shock