A cardiac care patient with a pacing electrode has ignored the hospital rules and is listening to a cheap stereo. The stereo has an amplified 60-Hz hum that is very annoying. The patient decides to dismantle the stereo partially in an attempt to eliminate the hum. In the process, while he is holding one of the speaker wires, the other touches the pacing electrode. What are the risks in this situation? Rdamp skin omy 10 mV Rarm Rtrunk Relectrode -on --- Figure 9.31 Circuit model for Example 9.21.

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A cardiac care patient with a pacing electrode has ignored the hospital rules and is listening to a cheap stereo.
The stereo has an amplified 60-Hz hum that is very annoying. The patient decides to dismantle the stereo
partially in an attempt to eliminate the hum. In the process, while he is holding one of the speaker wires, the
other touches the pacing electrode. What are the risks in this situation?
Rdamp skin
10 mV
Rarm
Rtrunk
Relectrode = 0
--- Figure 9.31
Circuit model for
Example 9.21.
Transcribed Image Text:A cardiac care patient with a pacing electrode has ignored the hospital rules and is listening to a cheap stereo. The stereo has an amplified 60-Hz hum that is very annoying. The patient decides to dismantle the stereo partially in an attempt to eliminate the hum. In the process, while he is holding one of the speaker wires, the other touches the pacing electrode. What are the risks in this situation? Rdamp skin 10 mV Rarm Rtrunk Relectrode = 0 --- Figure 9.31 Circuit model for Example 9.21.
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