DIY SurgeryMajoringram tells us: I once had a wart on my hand and went to the doc to get it frozen. It hurt, lots. Instead of having to go back for more, I got my trusty rambo knife and cut the thing off. Three years later, and not even a scar!
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 20 Jan 2011, 12:08)
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I feel obliged as a so-called 'medical professional' to comment on many of these stories...
Only the automated defibrillators will not (hopefully) shock someone with a normal heart rhythm - they'll shock ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia (not necessarily pulseless though...). Manual ones are exactly that, manual, which is what you'd get in A&E, because with trained staff to use them, they're much quicker.
The story is possible, but unlikely.
(, Sun 23 Jan 2011, 13:36, 1 reply)
Yeah......what suxamethonium said. I use a LifePak 12 and you're looking at shocking VF and VT. We often use them in manual mode and as suxamethonium said they are exactly that - manually operated with the joule setting and shock delivery. The story seems unlikely though, probably one of those urban myths. The current batch of automated defibrillators are pretty good and wouldn't shock someone with a normal heart rhythm.
BTW - Don't you just love those movies where they shock a patient who is 'flatlining' (asystole)?!
Does not happen in real life as it's pointless.
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