The electric current in a lightning strike is a direct current (DC) of 30,000 to 50,000 amperes . Annually, 6000 to 24,000 fatalities due to lightning strikes are reported globally. The reason for under-reporting of lightning strike fatalities can be due to failure to report or misdiagnosis. A lightning injury may produce certain pathognomic signs on the skin, like stellate-shaped superficial injuries , fern-like injuries , and partial-or full-thickness burns . Thus forensic experts need to be well-versed with signs of the lightning strike.
Question: Cutaneous impact of lightning in the form of linear, punctuate, partial or full-thickness burns are called? Option A: Keraunographic tattoo Option B: Arborescent burns Option C: Lichtenberg’s flowers Option D: All of the above The correct answer has been posted in the comments section below. Click here! This question is from the…
