Reducing lightning injuries worldwide /

Cooper, Mary Ann,

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide / Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle. - 1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages) : illustrations (some color) - Springer natural hazards, 2365-0656 . - Springer natural hazards, .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations and Definitions -- Part I: How Lightning Kills, Injures, and Causes Damage -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of Lightning Injury -- Lightning Effects on the Body -- Research on Pathophysiology of Medical Effects by Lightning -- Economic Damages of Lightning -- Part II: Estimates of People Killed and Injured by Lightning -- Current Global Estimates of Lightning Fatalities and Injuries -- Lightning Fatalities since 1800 -- Locations and Activities of Lightning Casualties -- Gender, Age, and Casualties per Incident -- Contributors to Lightning Casualty Risk -- Part III: When and Where Lightning Occurs -- Global Lightning Distribution -- Time of Year and Time of Day of Lightning -- Meteorological Concepts Affecting Lightning Formation -- Lightning Detection -- Part IV: How to Reduce Lightning Global Casualties -- How to Make Baseline Studies on Lightning Deaths and Damages -- Identification of Safe and Unsafe Areas -- Lightning Protection -- History of Lightning Injury Prevention Programs -- Lightning Safety Guidelines and Resources -- The Role of Lightning Warning Systems -- How to Deliver the Message to Vulnerable Populations -- How to Write a Grant to Perform Studies -- Index.

This book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governments, and public health advocates with the knowledge and techniques needed to reduce lightning casualties worldwide.

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10.1007/978-3-319-77563-0 doi

com.springer.onix.9783319775630 Springer Nature

GBB8O3626 bnb

019183629 Uk


Electrical injuries--Prevention.
Wounds and injuries--Prevention.
Lightning.
Hazard mitigation.
MEDICAL--Surgery--General.
Economic geology.
Public health & preventive medicine.
Environmental science, engineering & technology.
Natural disasters.
Electrical injuries--Prevention.
Hazard mitigation.
Lightning.
Wounds and injuries--Prevention.


Electronic books.

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