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As we all know, it is vital when somebody has a heart attack to give them large and uncontrolled doses of electricity. What is less well known, is that this needs to be done within 8 minutes of the incident, its no use doing this a hour later that would be stupid. This is why defibrillating shoes are
a must for the concerned pedestrian.
How do they work? As a person walks a small charge is built up, which gets larger during the day. When you spot someone having a heart attack, simply jump on their chest shouting clear, they will be back on their feet in no time.
(?) Defibrillation Kit
http://www.lifesavi...ore/html/page9.html
Includes idiot-proof instructions, which judging by this idea, may be more important than you might think. [DrCurry, Oct 17 2004]
(?) Drowning
http://www.ibiblio....h1908/06-drown.html
1908 article on CPR including Sylvester's method. [oneoffdave, Dec 21 2004]
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Brings a whole new meaning to "jump starting". (+) |
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Just keep away from shopping trolleys. The static discharge would burn the skin off your hands. |
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As I understand this, you will be deliveringa shock of 200-300 joules to someone through your hands. What will trigger this? I can see a scenario where this could become the ultimate (literally) hand buzzer. Will this detect VF and only shock if it's present? |
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I read it as if they were using their shod feet! where did hands come into this equation? |
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[po] My mistake, too much work and not enough coffee today. At least jumping on the chest will deliver a precordial thump. |
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Would *not* be a good technology to combine with Maxwell Smart's shoe phone. |
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Would these be useful if your colleague had just been struck by lightning? |
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somebody stepped on my foot the other day and I still can't feel my leg. |
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[jacksplat] same thing happend to me three years ago and I still can't feel it. |
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If stepping on somebody to defibrillate them is the only way to do so, wouldn't that mean that you'd be suffocating then by squeezing their lungs? |
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[croissantz] Jumping on and off the victim would alternately compress and expand their lungs so performing an alternative form of artificial respiration. Early methods such as the Sylvester worked on a similar principle. |
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atrial fibrillation is dangerous as a result of blood flow rate plus clotting that occurs at low flow rates; a recognized treatment is to deliver anticoagulants; some of the anticoagulants are effective at 10mg dose; |
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more appealing would be a pad people put n their shoes that detected cardiac state n then energetically (like a micro bullet cartridge) delivered a drug; car airbags save a few thousand lives each year but a foot airbag could save hundreds of thousands, plus you just toss it n your shoe n ignore it unitil there is an event |
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//a pad people put n their shoes// Whoa,
whoa WHOA. I thought your "n" was an
apostrophe-deprived nacton, and now
you're using it as a an abbreviation for
"in"?? Which?? |
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