There are occasional references to electrical danger (some factual, some hyperbole), the 3 attachments categorize those, charts from a class on High voltage taught on and off for the last 20 years.
Have other charts of person’s hand-hand or hand-foot impedance at different ‘sweat’ states with unbroken skin*, as low as 5 kohms, so 120 V can give as high as 20 mA rms, which can cause loss of control, > 5 sec contact, and possible fatality in a low percentage of humans.
*if skin is broken or catheter in place, much lower – lowest documented case of 60 Hz electrocution is 18 vac according to Indemnity Insurance Co.
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or catheter in place,
I'm not sure I want to know how a catheter and an electrical shock are related.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Re: "I'm not sure I want to know how a catheter and an electrical shock are related."The human body is basically a bag of salt water with a decent insulator, skin. A catheter bypasses the main resistance to current by going through the skin. To a lesser extent wet, especially sweaty skin or so the doctor tells me, loses a good bit of resistance. Which increases the risk of a damaging or fatal shock.
Yeah, I knew all that. (well, most of it)
I have always thought of a catheter as being a pee aid during recovery from surgery. So, having a few surplus electrons attacking an inserted catheter does not sound pleasant.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
The EKG charts shows something like 850ms and says that is 50 BPM. Is that metric time they are using?