Symposium

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Electrical and Lightning Injuries: A Highly Charged Topic (821024)

Presenter(s)

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  Nathan D. Zasler, MD

  CEO
  Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, Ltd. & Tree of Life Services, Inc.
  Henrico, Virginia

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Scott W. Sautter, PhD

  Assistant Professor Community Faculty
  Eastern Virginia Medical School
  Virginia Beach, Virginia

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Neurological and neuropsychological consequences of electrical and lightning shock injuries will be examined from a pathophysiological, neurological, neuropsychological and neuro-rehabilitation perspective.:

Learning Objectives:

• Better understand the wide spectrum of injury and impairment secondary to electrical and lightning injuries (ELI)
• Appreciate the nature of ELI neurological and neuropsychological impairments as well as their underlying pathophysiology/pathoanatomy
• Delineate the underpinnings of the unusual phenomena of delayed onset neurological signs and symptoms following ELI
• Discuss the variability of neuropsychological/neuropsychiatric sequela associated with ELI including so-called neuropsychological syndrome associated with such injuries
• Delineate underlying mechanisms hypothesized to be involved with post electrical or lightning injury syndrome