Title :
Thermal and electrical injury rate kinetics in shock victims
Author :
Lee, R.C. ; Gaylor, D.C. ; Tropea, B.I. ; Hannig, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Surgery, Chicago Univ., IL, USA
Abstract :
Tissue damage after electric shock is dependent on complex interactions of field strength, frequency and duration of exposure through thermal and electrical mechanisms. To understand these interactions, we combined previously developed computational models to predict the prevalence of either thermal or direct electrical tissue damage expected in human victims when contact duration and field strength are known
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biothermics; cellular effects of radiation; electric shocks; physiological models; AC field exposure; Joule heating; complex interactions; computational models; direct electrical tissue damage; electric shock victims; electrical injury rate kinetics; thermal injury rate kinetics; thermal tissue damage; tissue field strength; transmembrane potentials; Biomembranes; Contacts; Electric shock; Humans; Injuries; Kinetic theory; Lead; Muscles; Resistance heating; Temperature distribution;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804449
