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Appendix A: Safety

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Treating victims for electrical shock includes four basic steps, shown below, that should be taken

immediately. Step two requires qualification in CPR and step three requires knowledge of

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Everyone who works around voltages that can cause dangerous

electrical shock should take advantage of the many opportunities available to become qualified

in CPR and artificial respiration.

Immediate Steps After Electric Shock

1. Shut off all power and remove victim from the electric circuit. If the power cannot be shut off

immediately, use an insulator of some sort, such as a wooden pole, to remove the victim from

the circuit. Attempts to pull the victim from the circuit with your hands will almost always

result in your joining the victim in electric shock.

2. If you are qualified in CPR, check for ventricular fibrillation or cardiac arrest. If either is de-

tected, external cardiac massage should be started at once. Whether you are qualified in CPR

or not, notify the EMS and the ECE Department at once, using the telephone numbers listed

below.

3. Check for respiratory failure and take appropriate action. This may have resulted from physi-

cal paralysis of respiratory muscles or from a head injury. Sometimes many hours pass be-

fore normal respiration returns. Artificial respiration should be continued until trained EMS

assistance arrives.

4. Check for and treat other injuries such as fractures from a fall or burns from the current’s en-

try and exit sites.

Investigations are always made after accidents. As an engineer, you will be involved as a part of

the investigating team or in providing information to an investigator. Information obtained and

notes written immediately after the emergency will aid the investigation and assist in preventing

future accidents of a similar nature.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

All Emergencies 911

Student Health Center 656-2233

ECE Department Office 656-5650

Clemson Police 656-2222

References

1. W. F. Cooper, Electrical Safety Engineering. Newnes-Butterworth, London-Boston, 1978.

2. W. H. Buchsbaum and B. Goldsmith, Electrical Safety in the Hospital, Medical Economics

Company, Oradell, NJ, 1975.

3. J. G. Webster, Editor, Medical Instrumentation Application and Design. Houghton Mifflin

Company, Boston, 1978.

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