The following is a summary of the stereotypical clinical findings on electrical injuries. The treatment for the patients suffering from RSD secondary to causalgic pain of electrical contact was quite difficult and taxing to the clinician and to the patient. As with other forms of RSD, the disease is classified into four stages. On the Scene of the Accident 1.
Ipsilateral extremity burn, eschar, and neurosensory damage.
The same phenomenon to a lesser extent is present in the contralateral extremity - exit point of the electricity. As a result, the patient has severe pain in the involved areas, and the pain extends far beyond the eschar region. The body is usually thrown away from the source of electricity in one massive myoclonic jerk. This results in falling from a ladder or other heights with secondary injuries. Tonic and at times tonic clonic seizures of brief duration, followed by a brief loss of consciousness.