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>On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Rich Measures wrote:
>>
>> With the HV PS switched off? How is that say 16uF charged to 5kV is
>>ok to discharge through a sick person's chest, and yet if discharged
>>through the abdomen of a healthy person, it can result in death?
>>
>>- later, Gary
>
>Rich I really think you need to do some research before you say something
>that if taken literally, can kill someone.
>
>I don't think you should be advocating discharging ANY electrical current
>through anyone's chest
? There was one person present in my scenario. I essentially said that
if an amateur radio operator realized that his heart has stopped,
switching off the HV supply and Self-discharging the filter capacitor
might restart his heart. The adding of a second person is a whole nuther
matter.
> ...... Discharging electrical current
>through a beating heart will usually result in death....this is called
>electrocution.
? I have accidentally done so more than once and somehow avoided the
alleged usual result, although I am not prepared to state unequivocably
that no brain damage occurred.
>........
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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