Train Surfing and Other High Voltage Trauma: Differences in Injury-Related Mechanisms and Operative Outcomes after Fasciotomy, Amputation and Soft-Tissue Coverage elec. inj.

Patients

• 37 adults and children (younger than 14 years), Austria

Endpoint

• burns
• fractures/ruptures
• multiple organ failures
• eye injury (cateract)
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): amputation
• cardiovascular effects: other

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, occupational, personal
• current entry and exit points: specified