Lightning Injury Research  Program

 

Mary Ann Cooper, MD, Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

  


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Lightning Safety Awareness Week (LSAW*) - Last Full Week of June Annually
National Weather Service's Lightning Safety Website  

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/

(*Please see LSAW site above for the most updated information and links to other lightning websites.)

 

 

Our GOALS in preparing this website are to provide:

  • An informational and educational tool for survivors of lightning strike and the physicians who treat them.
  • An educational resource for students, teachers, and the media.

 

What this site does NOT do:

  • give specific medical advice to any individual
  • give advice on protection of buildings or structures

DISCLAIMER - General statements made in this site should not be taken as recommendations for a specific course of treatment for any individual.  Specific medical advice should be obtained through consultation with a physician or other trained health care professional.

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