Fwd: Diffuse Electrical Injury (DEI) (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:16:19 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>,
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Subject: Fwd: Diffuse Electrical Injury (DEI)

FYI, "the more you know..."

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> Resent-From: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: June 26, 2006 10:02:28 PM MDT
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Diffuse Electrical Injury (DEI)
>
> Original poster: Sparktron01@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Terry, List Members
>
> I receive EC&M (Electrical  Construction and Maintenance)
> Magazine at work.  This month had a very compelling article
> on DEI and the devastating effects it can have on quality of life.
> This event appears to occur when LVAC (120V predominately)
> causes a victim to get "HUNG UP" and can't let go or break the
> current through their body. The victim is hung up in the current
> path for periods of time ranging up to tens of seconds.
>
> Damage and symptoms are wide ranging, and often in areas
> of body that should not be in direct current path.  Some
> preliminary modeling of current paths through tissues suggests
> that the electrical current flows in areas that are/were completely
> unexpected  (like the brain); the scenario mentioned above results
> in long term disability for many folks.  The symptoms mentioned
> in this article are present in multiple individuals recovering from
> electrical trauma, so the medical community is taking more notice,
> and more detailed study of the phenomenon has started.
>
> The long term trauma is not much different then a lightning
> strike or "mild brain trauma".  The moral is to AVOID electrical
> shocks of ALL voltages. 120VAC shock does not have to be
> lethal to completely destroy your quality of life.  See attached URL.
>
> http://ecmweb.com/mag/electric_happens_electricity_doesnt/index.html
>
> This article will make one think twice about letting the "skin effect
> currents flow across one's body..."  from a TC or other HV
> apparatus... much less a unintended 120VAC shock.
>
> Be careful out there...
>
> Regards
> Dave Sharpe TCBOR/HEAS
> Chesterfield, VA. USA
>
>

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