عنوان

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide /

3030084809

3319775618

3319775626

3319775634

9783030084806

9783319775616

9783319775623

9783319775630

9783319775616

Reducing lightning injuries worldwide /

[Book]

Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle.

Cham, Switzerland :

Springer,

[2019]

1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages) :

illustrations (some color)

Springer natural hazards,

2365-0656

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.

0

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.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix.9783319775630

9783319775616

Electrical injuries-- Prevention.

Hazard mitigation.

Lightning.

Wounds and injuries-- Prevention.

Economic geology.

Electrical injuries-- Prevention.

Environmental science, engineering & technology.

Hazard mitigation.

Lightning.

MEDICAL-- Surgery-- General.

Natural disasters.

Public health & preventive medicine.

Wounds and injuries-- Prevention.

MED-- 085000

RNR

RNR

Cooper, Mary Ann

Holle, Ronald L.

20200823112243.0

pn

[Book]

Y