Xref: utzoo sci.med:5772 sci.electronics:3109 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.electronics Subject: Re: electric sleep Message-ID:Date: 13 Jun 88 16:51:47 GMT References: <22@<1801> <21500051@uiucdcsm> <2548@kitty.UUCP> <1687@sigma.UUCP> <2869@mmintl.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 7 500 Watts seems a bit low to kill you outright, but since you mention the Thorax, I presume you mean that it can cause fatal cardiac arrythmia. 500 Watts is about right there. Actually the correct unit is probably Joules (Watts x Seconds). The average energy for Cardiac Defibrillation is 200-400 Watt-Seconds. -Ron