Handbook of Electrical Hazards and Accidents, Second Edition

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Handbook of Electrical Hazards and Accidents, Second Edition is an essential reference for attorneys, physicians, nurses, engineers, and expert witnesses who handle electrical accident cases resulting in injury or death. Written in non-technical language, it provides a solid background in electrical terminology and principles, the impact of electricity on the human body, and the legal aspects of electrical injury litigation.

ISBN-13: 978-0-913875-44-5
Binding: Book

Topics Include:

Nature and types of electricity — AC, DC, and high-frequency current
Voltages and their implications — low-voltage and high-voltage accidents
Power-line accidents
Microshock and macroshock
Electrocution and ventricular fibrillation
Thermal injury
Electrical accidents in the home, industry, medicine, and outdoors
GFCI and electrical shocking devices
Lightning injuries
Legal and technical aspects of electrical injury cases

SciTech Book Reviews

Electrical shocks of many types come into play in the practice of physicians, nurses, engineers, attorneys, and expert witnesses, and this will give them all core information on power-line electric currents and accidents, lightning, thermal injury, electrical shocking devices, high-frequency current, direct current, and electric-arc and electron-beam welding, along with material on the conducting properties of cells, organs fluids and body segments and the role and expectations of technical experts. For the benefit of non-experts the authors include engineering, medical and legal language, terms and abbreviations and for the benefit of all they include basic information on electricity and its behavior whether or not it is in contact with the human body.