I always used to talk about a few 360 joule shocks from the Life Pak to make people reassess their attitude.
Ya know, those things make taser's look like a 9 volt battery...
Probably one of the funniest defibrillator stories I can think of. One of my instructors....
He was a brand new paramedic, and they got a call for a cardiac arrest at a golf course early one morning. Beautiful spring morning, a little mist hanging in the air, and lots of dew on the grass (that last little bit there is *really* important). They get out there and this guys buddies are huffin' and pumpin' doing surprisingly good CPR on their friend. My instructor grabs the LifePak 5 (Millcreek, that should tell you how old this story is) and kneels down next to the patient. He slaps on the paddles, and sees absolutely textbook ventricular fibrillation. Charges up to 200, yells, "CLEAR!" and hits the magic buttons.
The way my instructor describes this particular moment in time is really interesting. He clearly remembers that just after hitting the shock buttons, he found himself in mid air, sailing over the patient, to land in a crumpled heap on the far side of the patient. His legs hurt like crazy, he had a mouthful of golf course sod, and he vaguely remembers his coworkers laughing hysterically while they continued to work on the patient.
Remember the dew on the grass? Well, turns out that enough of the energy of the defibrillator traveled into the damp earth via the contact with the patients back that it set up a significant charge in the ground immediately adjacent to the patient. Significant enough to cause the muscles in my instructors legs to fully contract. This in turn launched him over the patient from a kneeling position, causing him to faceplant on the far side of the patient.
Back to the OP.... It sucks that the taxpayers are gonna get stuck with this bill. I just wish the victim in this case was able to sue the cop *personally*....
