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Flow of electrons
Each year in France, for example, 200 people die of electrocution and 500 suffer serious injuries,
often permanent: burns, respiratory paralysis, cardiac arrest, etc.
The various level electric current have different effects on human body. Here we are
discussing about the effect of electric current at 50 Hz frequency :
10mA - 40mA : produces severe pain and shock are experienced as current increases.
currents over 20 mA the victim may experience breathing difficulties with asphyxia if
current flow is uninterrupted. Reversible disturbance to heart rhythm and even cardiac
arrests are possible at higher values of current and time.
40mA - 250mA : produces severe shock and possibility of non reversible disturbances to the
normal cardiac cycle, referred to as "ventricular fibrillation", occur at this level. The
possibility of fibrillation increases as current and time increase. It is also possible to
experience heavy burns or cardiac arrest at higher currents.