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If someone needs immediate help with electrocution, use emergency mode.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Someone is in contact with live electricity and cannot let go.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Do not touch. Cut power or push away with dry wood. Call 112. CPR if needed.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Person frozen gripping wire, appliance, or rail.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Visible arcing or buzzing at contact point.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Person unconscious but still touching source.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — AC electricity causes muscles to lock — the person cannot release the source.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Current through the heart can stop it beating within seconds.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Shout for someone to cut main power while you find non-conductive tool.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT touch person or wire with bare hands or metal.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Use dry wooden broom handle or plastic chair to separate person from source.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Once free, person may collapse — lower them safely if no spinal injury suspected.
When and how to get professional help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Free them from power without direct contact. Then treat as medical emergency.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 immediately after freeing person — cardiac effects can be delayed.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report voltage source if known (pole, appliance, water pump).
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stay on line for CPR coaching if needed.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT touch person even with wet or metal objects.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume small household voltage is safe — current kills.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT move person unnecessarily if fell from height.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pull the person off the wire quickly with your hands
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You become part of the circuit and may both die. Cut power or use dry insulating object to push them free.
Other scenarios in the same family.
Mixed chemicals
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bleach and acid, bleach and ammonia, or other cleaners were mixed and fumes are rising.
CO alarm
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Your carbon monoxide detector is beeping or alarming.
CO poisoning
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — People show signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from heater, generator, or enclosed fire.
Child electrical shock
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A child has touched an electrical socket, bitten a cord, or pulled a live plug.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Check breathing and responsiveness.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Start CPR if not breathing normally.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — say electrocution and whether power is off.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — All electrocution victims need hospital evaluation — internal injury is invisible.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Burns at entry and exit points may be deep.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Double electrocution fatality.