Higher Suicide Death Rate in Rocky Mountain States and a Correlation to Altitude

✍ Scribed by David Cheng

• Book ID: 104099746
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 102 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1080-6032
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.01.004

✦ Synopsis

ducting these programs assume a special responsibility to ensure that their staff are educated on the risks associated with lightning.

Effective field response to lightning requires a thorough understanding of lightning physics and acceptable options, and this requires training and judgment. All reasonable options and their pros and cons should be part of lightning education and action guidelines. Finally, comprehensive lightning safety education for outdoor adventure programs should include consistent, relevant, and up-to-date information that provides valuable background and foundational information for instructor decision-making, and for educating both staff and participants on lightning safety and preventing lightning injury.