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Ideally you want to avoid current across the heart -- you're probably not going to have a great time being a conductor, but ensuring the easiest path is through
by mmastrac 4y ago
Ideally you want to avoid current across the heart -- you're probably not going to have a great time being a conductor, but ensuring the easiest path is through your legs/arms gives you the best chance of making it out alive.
- the_arun 4y agoDoes having a pacemaker increases the risk for the heart in these situations?
- mwint 4y agoI’d guess the biggest risk increase is from having a heart that needs a pacemaker in the first place. The pacemaker itself probably isn’t designed for lightning strikes, but it probably is designed to survive hits from a defibrillator. I’d put money on a pacemaker/ICD surviving a lightning strike.