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Doesn't being electrocuted leave a weird scar with the paths of least resistance the electricity takes?
by wishinghand 5y ago
Doesn't being electrocuted leave a weird scar with the paths of least resistance the electricity takes?
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoYou can get a sufficiently large shock to stop your hearth without any tissue damage.
- nate_meurer 5y agoA few lightning strike victims have been left with Lichtenburg figures on their skin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure But this is an extreme symptom of a direct or nearly direct hit. Many lightning victims have no visible injury. Lightning isn't very good at killing people, but it's capable of hurting you from a great distance, because it takes so little current across your heart to cause problems. There is evidence that as little as 5 mA can cause cardiac arrest, and this is the rationale for GFCI protected outlets in homes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device