Reducing lightning injuries worldwide. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle.
• Authors: Cooper, Mary Ann; Holle, Ronald L
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 233 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 617.1/2; Earth sciences; Electrical injuries -- Prevention; Wounds and injuries -- Prevention; Lightning; Hazard mitigation; Geology; Medicine; Physical geography; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; Electrical injuries -- Prevention; Hazard mitigation; Lightning; Wounds and injuries -- Prevention; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Medical -- Preventive Medicine; Science -- Environmental Science; Economic geology; Public health & preventive medicine; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319775630; 3319775634
• Related ISBNs: 9783319775616
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 5, 2018).
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