Re: Flash & RC circuits

[Chuck Britton <britton@ODIE.NCSSM.EDU>]

Open heart paddles deliver a few joules directly to the exposed heart muscle!

        (at least that's what the TV surgeons call for)

        in the old days they sometimes specified '100 watt-seconds' e.g.
        (NOT open heart!!!!!)

        now days they just call the numerical value and
                seem to not want to call them joules.

> I checked with my wife who is a critical care nurse and deals with
> electric shock to defibrillate the heart. She says depending upon what
> they are trying to do/undo, they use anywhere from 50 to 360 J with the
> value usually being above 100 J.
>
> Richard
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