Some have barely noticeable scars, others become disabled. RIA Novosti spoke with those who survived the lightning strike.
“Heart stopped, then accelerated”
On June 1, 2019, the team that Nikolai Tyukin worked in installed a barrier on the road. 39; M-5 motorway near Penza. The weather was bad in the morning – the sky was covered with thunderstorms.
He himself does not remember the moment of love at first sight: he only came to himself in the hospital. Colleagues later recounted what happened.
& # 34; A flash of light entered my head, singing through my hair, and came out through the heel – there is still a blue mark, – Nikolai said. – I fell. When the guys ran they thought I was dead. There was no pulse, I was not breathing. But then I got some fresh air – and I came to my senses'.
There was no pain – neither immediately after the stroke, nor in the hospital.
“There were interruptions in the heart. It either froze or sped up with furious force. But the doctors explained that was in order. ”
His work uniform was in tatters. The only things that survived were the PUMA sneakers and briefs. Now Nikolay only buys shoes from this brand.
A scar from a chain on Nikolai Tyukin's chest after a stroke lightning
“What saved me” She took over the whole category, even melted, “suggests the interlocutor.
How to cure such injuries, Penza hospital only knew in theory. The doctor admitted that in thirty years he saw a survivor for the first time after a lightning strike.
& # 34; I was in the hospital for a week, Nikolay continues. – Of course, the neighborhood therapist was shocked by the diagnosis at the discharge: & # 34; trauma after a lightning strike '. She had no idea how to treat me '.
However, no special therapy was needed. Neither the MRI of the head, nor the x-ray, nor the cardiogram revealed any abnormalities. The only thing is that the hearing has deteriorated due to damage to the eardrum.
“I understand that I am very lucky. Two months later, lightning killed my colleague from the Saratov region. He also worked in a thunderstorm, ”says Tyukin.
He is not celebrating his second birthday and does not panic at the first claps of thunder. But he still decided to change his life a bit. in the cockpit and I'm not afraid of anything. “
” There is a white mark, barely discernible on my stomach “
Znamya Truda football club goalkeeper Ivan Zaborovsky was struck by lightning during training. This was recorded by a camera at the stadium. Ivan runs away to hit the ball. Flash, black smoke – the athlete was thrown several meters.
“I passed out. The trainer immediately rushed to me, did indirect heart massage, artificial respiration,” – says Ivan.
He is sure: it was thanks to the coach that he survived.
Ivan Zaborovsky
In the hospital, the goalkeeper was plunged into a drug coma. I regained four consciousness days later. I didn't remember anything.
& # 34; Lightning hit the heart, lungs. But it's okay now. Only the eardrum had to be surgically restored – it burned.
Zaborovsky still plays for the same team. Three weeks after the incident, he even signed his first professional contract.
The ragged uniform he trained in that day was thrown in the hospital. And for some reason they left the boots on.
“Their soles were torn off. But I keep them anyway,” admits the footballer.
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Another reminder – a barely visible white belly mark on the foot.
Lightning injuries in stadiums are not uncommon. On September 23, 2020, 14 teenagers from two football teams were admitted to hospitals in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The lightning struck the lamppost as they were practicing, dug into the ground and spread across the field.
“Everything is fine, but in a day or two – clinical death”
Several thousand people die from lightning every year. There aren't any statistics on survivors, but it doesn't happen often.
& # 34; Everything is very individual, it depends on the body and where the person was: in a dry or humid environment & # 34 ;, – explains the head of the operational expedition service of the Center of Medicine of disaster in the Moscow region, resuscitator Sergei Emelyanov.
However, there is a model. For example, depending on the interviewer, the chances of survival are greater if the discharge passes along the right side of the body. “If on the left, the heart is affected, usually fatal.”
Burns and cramps possible. A lightning strike can lead to paralysis, deafness and dumbness.
