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( I choose phisics instead of biology or other more medical category because I believe the knowlodge needed to answer this is more on the areas of physics) if we take cirurgical steel (material wich scalps (spelling?) and other cirurgical instruments are made) and produce a chain mesh from it, and put it around the heart (leaving holes for the veins and arteries, would it protect the person from having his heart fibrilated if he gets electrocuted? or the shape of the heart or the conductivity of blood or another factor would not make this reliable? I guess if this work it could be used to reduce health insurance price for electric company's employers as they will be very less subjectable to damages from a bump on a power line, won't need cpr, only treatment for the burns, and most people live their whole lives without the need of a defibrilator, it would be like a bet, they have more chance of having electricity trhu their hearts than needing to get defibrilated from fibrilation caused by something else
Re: cirurgic steel faraday cage to prevent heart fibrilation due shock?
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