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Article #1553Re: SHOCKING STORIES
From: Tony stewart
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 19:46
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 19:46
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bil@cmn16.Stanford.EDU (Bill Schottstaedt) writes: > There have been several questions about the lethal current range -- > the Navy says it's .1 to .2 amps, death caused by heart fibrillation, > or something, and that above that amount the heart muscles clamp, > and if there's someone around to resuscitate you, you can survive. > I don't remember anything about the voltage. yes 100 ma is enough thru the entire body, but the heart only needs about 50 mA to defib when in the operating room, which is why medical equipment has tougher leakage specs than consumer stuff. dino@inqmind.bison.mb.ca The Inquiring Mind BBS, Winnipeg, Manitoba 204 488-1607
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!bison!sys6626!inqmind!dino From: dino@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Tony stewart) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES Message-ID: <i40VoB2w164w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 92 14:46:05 CDT References: <1992Aug1.141605.13004@leland.Stanford.EDU> Organization: The Inquiring Mind 1 204 488-1607 Lines: 14