Electrical Injuries: Engineering, Medical & Legal Aspects

Robert E. Nabours

ISBN 10: 0913875953 / ISBN 13: 9780913875957

Published by Lawyers & Judges Pub Co 0

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Electrical Injuries: Engineering, Medical & Legal Aspects
• Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co 0
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913875953
• ISBN 13: 9780913875957
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The most complete summary of electrical injury issues for the electrical injury litigator and investigator.

Electric currents and electromagnetic radiation, both ionizing and nonionizing, can produce harmful biological effects in humans; these effects are the subject of an ever growing number of lawsuits. This book provides an introduction to the biological effects of electric currents and EMFs and the state of engineering and medical knowledge as we approach the twenty-first century.

Part I explains what forensic electrical engineers do and how they can assist attorneys in handling electrical injury cases. It also covers electrical codes and standards, basic electrical systems, and reconstructing the electrical accident.

Part II covers the medical aspects of electrical injuries, including the consequences of electrical injury on the body, EKGs and pacemakers, accident reconstruction in electrical injury cases, common sources of electrical injury, and relevant medical literature. This section also explains how electrical impulses control and influence muscle cells throughout the body as well as the pumping of blood throughout the heart.

Part III is a survey of appellate decisions in cases involving electrical injuries. It gives the attorney, engineer and accident reconstructionist a valuable resource for investigating, evaluating and settling or litigating claims arising from electrical injuries.

Review

...Will appeal most directly to forensic engineers, and surely deserves a place on their shelves. -- Kenneth R. Foster, IEEE Spectrum, July 2000

Summarizes electrical injury issues for the electrical injury litigator and technical investigator. -- Sci Tech, Book News, June 2000

Within (it) just about everything imaginable related to electrical injuries can be found . . . A rich source of useful information. -- Derrick J. Pounder, Science & Justice 2000, Vol. 40, No. 4.