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1 Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Lightning Injuries  Chris Davis, MD, Anna Engeln, MD, Eric Johnson, MD, Scott E. McIntosh, MD, MPH, Ken Zafren, MD, Arthur A. Islas, MD, MPH, Christopher McStay, MD, William ‘Will’ R. Smith, MD, Tracy Cushing, MD, MPH  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages (September 2012) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Worldwide density of lightning strikes. The Lightning Imaging Sensor global lightning distribution image was obtained from NASA's EOSDIS through the Global Hydrology Resource Center, Huntsville, AL. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Lightning fatalities by state, 2001–2010.
Map prepared from NOAA's Storm Data by Ron L Holle. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Lightning position.
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