⚡🚿 The Shocking Shower: A Senior's Miraculous Escape🚿⚡

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It's been a while since the last time I shared a bizarre medical case.. Just checked, it's been almost two months!

This one is a bit short, and it involves an old man that almost electrocuted himself to death..But by a funny twist of fate he got saved by the exact same thing that was about to kill him!

An 83-year-old man with a cardioverter-defibrillator took a shower and for support grabbed a metal water pipe accidentally connected to a live 240 V feed. With the passage of electricity, he developed severe muscle twitching with tightening of his grip on the pipe.

Sounds like a sure death trap to me.

But you may have noticed something special about this man.

The magic word here is cardioverter-defibrillator. Now, if you don't know what that is, it's essentially a small machine implanted on the heart, typically on people with heart problems. And when needed, this device delivers electric shocks, with the hopes to restore regular heart rhythm and save the patient's life.

Well, at least that's the intended use by the manufacturer 😅

In this case, the device assumed the patient was having a heart attack or whatever and delivered two electric shocks, releasing his death grip and sparing his life from certain death:

The defibrillator discharged twice, resulting in a jolt, thrusting him out of the shower, with disengagement from the electrified pipe.

The device discharged twice after detection of high-frequency vibrations, with their disappearance shortly after the final shock.

Apparently, the patient was just fine despite the... shocking experience ⚡

The patient resumed daily activities after this “shocking” experience, grateful to the device for an “off-label” life-saving shock delivery.

He is probably dead though by old age, since this happened sometime in 2011.

And that concludes today's fun medical case! Here's a link to the actual case although there really isn't much else to read.

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A modern day miracle 😇

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Wow! That's crazy!

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One of my mentors at college had one of those. He never worked on the electrical projects and gave that over to one of the other tutors! lol

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Yeah, I have a relative too. He is staying away from microwave ovens just in case 😄

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Shame man. Its must be strange to have a whole new set of fears of making contact with various electromechanical devices!

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JAJAJAJAJA I though this devices gave small discharge but I can only imagine the poor man getting fried holding the water pipe and then push away like something explode in front of him jajjaja really paint the picture 👍😂

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I don't know what the rockanbolesque accident is more rare or that I have already seen more than two or three similar news in the last year.
You have to find the electrical fault in the plumbing course.🤣🤣🤣

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It's a miracle he survived the electric shock, thanks to the implanted device. Death only comes when it will come, not earlier, not later.

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Back in 2009, 16 American service members died from electrocution while showering in Iraq

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How could that happen???

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Water pump broke in one case. Oddly enough, it was in Hussein's estate.

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That is strange. I never realized showers could be so dangerous :( ...

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Its sounds interesting 😁. Your posts are always full of such light content that are very interesting and wonderful to read.

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It's an interesting case. I guess it worked out well for that senior even if it wasn't it's intended purpose.

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Quite silly funny but it's good to hear everything is fine

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Ouch!!! I'm curious about how the voltage ended up being connected in the shower though! What a useful little device 😂

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Wow...my boyfriend's cardiologist has been considering pressuring him into getting one of these little devices implanted after his issues this past summer. He is trying to avoid it (after all, he's only half this guy's age), but I bet he never considered this weird benefit. I know I certainly hadn't!

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I am sure he praised his god that day 😄

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