Doctor treating woman struck by lightning explains health impacts of strikes

AURORA, Colo. — A woman is receiving burn unit treatment at UCHealth in Aurora after being struck by lightning in Superior last week.

According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses heard a loud boom and then found the victim lying under a tree that had been struck by lightning. The woman was unresponsive, and the witnesses began CPR.

Deputies said she regained a faint pulse and could breathe on her own before being taken to the hospital…

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