Investigating the risk of lightning's pressure blast wave : research article

• Published in: South African journal of science Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 73 - 77
• Main Authors: Blumenthal, Ryan, West, Nicholas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Science for South Africa (ASSAf) 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Barotrauma; Flash moisture vaporisation theory; Keraunomedicine; Keraunopathology; Lightning; Sixth mechanism theory

We investigated the pathology of human trauma associated with lightning's pressure blast wave. Within what range is a human at risk and what are the risks? Two theories for the trauma currently exist: the flash moisture vaporisation theory and the sixth mechanism theory. We performed a simple p...