Excellent overview of lightning and medicine by Mary Ann Cooper, MD
No. 1 http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic299.htm gives a lengthy overview of lightning and medicine, statistics, safety, effects of being struck, references and links, etc. It is written so laypeople can understand it easily. This article is updated periodically.
No. 2 For more info than you may want to know, click here to view the most formidable and up to date review of lightning injury, demographics and meteorological aspects that is in the literature -Chris Andrews, Ron Holle and I redo it every 5 years.
Mary Ann Cooper, MD, Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine