Electrical safety

 Most medical devices used are

• Active

• Passive

--------------- are hazards, that can cause , serious injuries and electric shock to an individual or a group of people  due to high electrical leakage

• Biological hazards

• Mechanical hazards

• Electrical hazards

Defibrillator paddles causes

• skin burn injuries

• cancer

• infection

------------ Is an undesirable physiological response of the human body , due to excessive current flow through the body.

• Biological Shock

• Electric Shock

• Physical Shock

Electric shock hazards can be

• Micro-Shock hazards

• Macro-Shock hazards

• All of the above

Electric Shocks results in following phenomenon

• Electrochemical burns and tissue damage

• Electrical stimulation of excitable tissues

• Resistive heating of tissues

• All of the above