Lightning Injury is a high voltage electrical injury.

• A. Low voltage electrical burn
• B. Inhalation injury
• C. Radiation burn
• D. Lightning Injury

Answer: (D)

Electrical injuries are categorized by the voltage involved, and lightning carries an extremely high voltage even though the current lasts only a split second. That vast energy can drive through the body, producing cardiac rhythms disturbances, respiratory arrest, and both external and internal burns, as well as possible blunt injury from the strike. This is what makes lightning injury fall under high‑voltage electrical injury. In contrast, a low voltage electrical burn comes from household or similar sources with voltages generally under about 1,000 volts and tends to show different burn patterns and tissue effects. Inhalation injury deals with inhaling smoke or fumes rather than the electrical current, and radiation burns come from exposure to ionizing radiation, not electricity. So lightning injury fits the high‑voltage electrical injury category.