SHOCK THERAPY

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July/August 1989
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Golfers and ballplayers are among those at highest risk-largely because they're often caught in the open. If caught in a storm, golfers should stay several yards from carts and other golfers, remove metal-cleated shoes and avoid holding metal clubs or umbrellas. (Yes, you might get wet, but think about what a person holding an umbrella above his or her head looks like to a lightning bolt.) Ballplayers should consider returning immediately to the dugout.

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Lightning often offers an eerie warning of its imminent arrival. When metal objects start to glow (known to meteorologists as co rona discharge ) or when hair begins to stand on end, the danger is very high. Immediately drop to your knees, bend forward, and place your hands on your knees. Keep the surface area of contact between you and the ground to a minimum, but get as low as possible.

The real tragedy of lightning is that many people who are fatally struck could have survived. Most lightning deaths occur because the intense shock causes the heart to stop. In such cases, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can easily get things going again. Some experts estimate that half of lightning fatalities could be prevented by prompt CPR. For those who do survive, burns are usually the only lasting damage. It's amazing that the human body can withstand being the conductor for a multimillion-volt electrical discharge. I suppose we can credit its designer.

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