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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Someone is in contact with live electricity and cannot let go.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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.
Scene hazards: Secondary electrocution, Fall from height, Cardiac arrest
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.
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 — 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.
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 — 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.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pull the person off the wire quickly with your hands
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You become part of the circuit and may both die. Cut power or use dry insulating object to push them free.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Double electrocution fatality.
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.