Re: You use a utility transformer?!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: You use a utility transformer?!
From: Mark Finnis <mefinnis-at-medicine.adelaide.edu.au> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 03:32:13 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

At 11:55 AM 10/09/98 -0600, Marcus Young wrote:

>Yes, but isnt it impossible to apply CPR while a heart is fibrilating, which 
>means theres little you can do except wait for an ambulance? 
>I would imagine a stopped heart is easier to apply CPR to.. 

I realise this thread has died, but I found this waiting in my 'In-tray'
for a reply ..... been a little busy :-(

In short ...... NO, NO, NO !!!

You can apply CPR in either circumstance.  If your mate falls over / stops
breathing etc., you are morally abliged to give CPR to a fellow coiler
(politicians ..... hmmm, not so sure).

In fact, survival statistics show *better* survival for patients given CPR
brought into hospital with fibrillation cf. ventricular standstill. ( I am
cheating a little here as these data are not specific for electrocution,
but it serves my argument !!)

NEVER WAIT ........ DO CPR.

You just may save some-ones life one day, and if you think you get a buzz
from making a Tesla coil, it vanishes to insignificance in this league  !!

Regards,
Mark

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