Reducing Lightning Injuries Worldwide [Hardcover]

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.
 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.
Dr. Mary Ann Cooper is an emergency physician whose main area of interest is electrical and lightning injuries.  She received her BS and MD from Michigan State University (1971, 1975) and trained in Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of Cincinnati.  As an early pioneer in emergency medicine, she helped design training and accreditation standards in the field as well as serving on the governing boards of several national EM organizations anlW