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I learned this recently: > If you receive a shock, if can affect the rhythm of your heart and cause problems later. We’re taught to go and get an ECG after rec
by Tempest1981 5y ago
I learned this recently:
> If you receive a shock, if can affect the rhythm of your heart and cause problems later. We’re taught to go and get an ECG after receiving a shock. Like jump in the car and go to the doctor or hospital, and have someone else drive you. If you’ve received a shock - go get checked out. -jaidan
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27259589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27259589
- Taniwha 5y agoyup, always work around high voltages with your left hand (the one closes to your heart) in your pocket, to discourage unwanted currents from passing through the heart
- tempestn 5y agoThe main reason being that you don't want to be working with both hands, since then current can travel in one and out the other, directly across your chest.
- orthoxerox 5y agoAs the old joke goes, experienced electricians touch even their wife's breasts with only one hand, just in case.
- Dylan16807 5y agoI saw that too but I wouldn't spread it as a fact without a better source.
- Tempest1981 5y agoI found this, but it's more than a mild shock: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658458/ Bing's answer-mode points here: https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_esnoxfvg https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_esno... Always hard to know how cautious to be, with so many variables.
- maxerickson 5y agoI recently had some industrial training that made the same point. The recommendation there was to immediately hook up an AED. You can go into tachycardia or bradycardia (fast and slow heartbeats), so feeling sort of okay isn't the end of it.