Kaliszan Michał, Karnecki Karol, Jankowski Zbigniew
Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, Gdańsk.
Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol. 2012 Jul-Sep;62(3):208-12.
A case of a fatal lighting stroke involving a young man staying in a storm near the center of a big city is presented. The atypical character of this case lies in the fact that the lightning stroke usually occurs in open areas (mountains, fields, meadows), or involves people trying to find shelter from the storm under a tree or an isolated object in an open area. In the described case, a contributory factor to the lightning stroke was the fact that during the storm, the man was most probably standing on metal heating pipes, built in the 70's and 80's, long stretches of which were erected high above the ground. Metal used in the construction of the pipes most probably attracted lightning and generated the current which electrocuted the man standing on their surface.
本文介绍了一例致命雷击事件，受害者是一名年轻男子，当时他身处大城市中心附近的暴风雨中。该病例的非典型之处在于，雷击通常发生在开阔区域（山区、田野、草地），或者涉及在开阔区域试图在树下或孤立物体下躲避暴风雨的人。在所描述的案例中，雷击的一个促成因素是，在暴风雨期间，该男子很可能站在建于70年代和80年代的金属加热管道上，其中很长一段高高架设在地面之上。管道建造中使用的金属很可能吸引了闪电并产生电流，致使站在其表面的男子触电身亡。
