Delayed quadriplegia following electrical burn elec. inj.

Patients

• One child (younger than 14 years), United States

Endpoint

• burns
• respiratory paralysis
• muscle paralysis
• eye injury (cateract)
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• disruption of spinal cord

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, personal
• power transmission line
• current entry and exit points: specified