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[1] [4] The slightest contact with the equipment involved may result in death. [1] At such high voltages, arc flashes are also a risk. [4] A transformer from a microwave oven, featuring a prominent warning of the danger of high voltage. Transformers from microwave ovens are frequently used for the technique because they are easily obtainable.
If death results from an electric shock the cause of death is generally referred to as electrocution. Electric injury occurs upon contact of a body part with electricity that causes a sufficient current to pass through the person's tissues. Contact with energized wiring or devices is the most common cause.
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Death can occur from any shock that carries enough sustained current through a vital organ or tissue. When an electric current flows through the brain or spinal cord, death due to asphyxiation may occur as a result of interference with the central nervous system's control of respiration, or through direct paralysis of the chest muscles. [18]
Goodman left behind a daughter, now 14, and many grieving friends and relatives who remember his gifts: his skill for restoring old cars, his ability to make new friends within minutes, his talent ...
Adán Olmos García burned his entire body in an accident five years ago
He contorted and gurgled before asphyxiating to death. [11] Paula Angel (1861) - Hanging. No gallows were available, so she was instead tied to a cottonwood tree and placed on a wagon attached to a team of horses. Antonio Abad Herrera, the county sheriff and executioner, didn't want to tie her arms, so when the wagon began moving she was able ...
Many are mourning the loss of Jim Tramel, husband and father of 3, who died trying to save his daughter from an electrified swimming pool on Easter Sunday.