Proceedings 

Editors: Chin-Tu Chen, Ph.D., Raphael C. Lee, MD, ScD., Ji-Xiang
Shih, MD, Minhua Zhong, MD
 
 

I. Occupational Electrical Trauma: Epidemiology & Prevention
 

1. R. Wyzga (EPRI, USA). Health implications of global
    electrification 

2. Chonghua Zhao, Jianhua Yu, Minhua Zhong (P.R.China).
    Establishment of a pre-hospital emergency treatment network for
    electric injury 

3. A.S. Acosta, J. Azarcon-Lim, A.T. Ramirez (Univ. of
    Philippines). Survey of electrical burns in Philippine General
    Hospital 

4. M. Capelli-Schellpfeffer, G.H. Miller (U. Chicago).
    Thermo-acoustic energy effects in electrical arcs

5. Fangkun Ding (P.R. China). Common reasons for electrical
    injuries and prevention policy in China's electrical power
    industry 

6. T. Tkachenko, K. Kelley, N. Pliskin, J. Fink, R.C. Lee (U. of
     Chicago). Electrical injury through the eyes of professional
     electricians 
 

II. Advances in Medical and Surgical Management

7. Shengde Ge, (P.R. China). Treatment of severe electric burns 

8. E. E. Tredget, H. A. Shankowsky, W.A. Tilley (U. of Alberta).
    Electrical injuries in Canadian burn care: Identification of
    unsolved problems 

9. Gengrong Yan, Mei Li, Yali Wu (P.R. China). Clinical
    analysis of 836 cases with electrical injury 

10. D. Orgill and J. Pribaz (Harvard Univ.). Functional
      reconstruction following electrical injury 

11. Zhenrong Guo, Zhiyong Sheng, Fong Li (P.R. China). Wound
      management in electrical injuries. 

12. F. Groenevelt, A.J.M. van Trier, Y.L.N.Khouw (Red Cross
      Hospital, Netherlands). The use of allografts in the management
      of exposed calvarial electrical burn wounds of the skull 

13. Zhi-Xiang Zhu, Xiao-Guang Xu, Yue-an Zhang, Li-ying Chen,
      Tian-yi Liu. (Red Cross Hospital, Shen Zhen, P.R. China).
      Experience of urgent reconstruction of electrical injuries 

14. Xuezhang Xu, Weiping Zhu, Yali Wu (P.R. China).
      Experience of the treatment of severe electric burns of special
      parts of the body 

15. C.C. Breugem, W.A.J. van Hertum, F. Groenevelt (Dutch
      Burn Center, Netherlands). High voltage electrical injury     leading to a delayed onset tetraplegia, with recovery 

16. Zheng-jiang Liao, Liang Qiao (P.R. China). Wound repair of
      severe electrical injuries in the head 
                          
17. N. Pliskin, J. Fink, A. Malina, S. Moran, K. Kelley, M.
      Capelli-Schellpfeffer, R.C. Lee (U. of Chicago). The
      neuropsychological effects of electrical injury: New insights 
 

III. Mechanisms of Tissue Injury in Electrical Trauma
 

18. Tian Y. Tsong (U. of Minnesota). Understanding cellular and
      molecular basis of electrical shock 
                          
19. K. Diller and J. Pierce (U. of Texas, Austin). Issues in
      modeling thermal alterations in tissues 
                          
20. E. Tredget (U. of Alberta) Pathophysiology and treatment of
      fibroproliferative disorders following thermal injury 
                          
21. T. R. Gowrishankar, U. Pliquett, J.C. Weaver (MIT / Univ. of
      Bielefeld, Germany). Changes in skin structure and electrical
      properties following high voltage exposure 
                          
22. T.R. Gowrishankar, U. Pliquett, R. Lee (U. Chicago).
      Dynamics of membrane sealing in transient
      electropermeabilization of skeletal muscle membranes 
 

IV. Evolving Therapeutic Approaches
                         

23. Tian Yow Tsong and Zheng-Ding Su (U. of Minnesota).
      Biological effects of electric shock and heat denaturation and
      oxidation of molecules, membranes and cellular functions 
                          
24. D. Orgill, F.H. Straus, and R. C. Lee (Harvard Univ./U.
      Chicago). The use of collagen-GAG membranes in        reconstructive surgery 
                          
25. L. Tung, G. Troiano, V. Sharma, R. Raphael, K. Stebe (Johns
      Hopkins University). Changes in electroporation thresholds of
      lipid membranes by surfactants and peptides 
                          
26. R. C. Lee, J. Hannig, K. Matthews, C-T. Chen (U. of
      Chicago). Pharmaceutical therapies for sealing of  permeabilized cell membranes in electrical injuries 
                          
27. M.A. Terry, J. Hannig, C.S. Carillo, M.A. Beckett, R.R.
      Weichselbaum, R.C. Lee (University of Chicago). Oxidative   cell membrane alteration: Evidence for surfactant mediated sealing 
 

V. Advances in Diagnostic Evaluation of Electrical Injury
                          

28. K.L. Matthews II, J.N. Aarsvold, R.A. Mintzer, C.-T. Chen,
      M. Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M. Cooper, R.C. Lee. Radiotracer for
      imaging electroporation 
                          
29. Wei-Ping Zhu, Xiang-Rong Xing (P.R. China). Study on
      distribution pattern of skin temperature in normal Chinese and
      detection of depth of early burn wound by infrared thermograph 
                          
30. D. Tuch, V. J. Wedeen, A.M. Dale, J.S. George, J.W.
      Belliveau (MIT). Conductivity mapping of biological tissue   using diffusion MRI 
 

VI. Occupational & Functional Rehabilitation
  
                       
31. C. Robinson (U. of Pittsburgh). Using engineering and
      assistive technologies for rehabilitation after electrical trauma 
                          
32. Zhide Chang, Zhuyao Shen, Yonghua Sun, Naizuo Wang,
      Daxin Cao (P.R.China). Early repair treatment of electric burns
      and recovery of tendons and nerves – Report of 194 operations 
                          
33. M. Chico, M. Capelli-Schellpfeffer, K. Kelley, R.C. Lee (U.
      of Chicago). Management and coordination of post-acute   medical care for electrical trauma survivors 
                          
34.   C. Kalina (Amoco Corp). Strategies in disability management: Corporate disability management programs implemented at the worksite 
                          
35. K. Kelley, T. Tkachenko, N. Pliskin, J. Fink, R.C. Lee (U. of
      Chicago). Life after electrical injury: Risk factors for  psychiatric sequelae 
 

Summary
                          
36. Shengde Ge (Shanghai 2nd Military Medical University) and
      Tian Y. Tsong (U. of Minnesota).  Future development of   electrical injury research and treatment 
                          
37. Shengde Ge (Shanghai 2nd Military Medical University).
      Speech at the Closing Ceremony of the Third International   Conference on Electrical Injury and Safety