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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 72, 157-161, Copyright © 1976 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Human skin burns induced by defibrillator default current

DL Stoner, JH Yoo, RW Feldtman and W Stanford

The attachment of various types of electronic instrumentation to a patient can lead to hazardous interactions. Component malfunction in a single piece of equipment connected to a patient may be totally innocuous. However, the same fault occurring in an identical piece of equipment functioning as one component in a network of monitoring and electrosurgical equipment can result in severe burns or even electrocution. This paper describes interaction between a defective defibrillator paddle and an electrosurgical unit. Burns and ventricular fibrillation resulting from this malfunction and interaction are described in detail and the electrical circuits are analyzed.




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