Sector: electrical engineering

Type of hazard: electrical hazards

Catchwords: accident, risk assessment, electromagnetic fields

Status: completed 12/1998

Financed by: Berufsgenossenschaft der Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik

Research institution(s): Fa. Pallas, Brühl

Description, key words:

Heart chamber fibrillation during electrical accidents

Aims:

Electrical accidents can lead to irregular heart beats and heart chamber fibrillation. Goal: improving the level of knowledge

Activities/methods:

Analysis of the conditions for the occurrence of rotary excitatory waves on the ring model of heart muscle cells based on a computer model

Results:

Improved understanding of the development of rotary excitatory waves and the inducement of heart chamber fibrillation

Publications:

Interner Bericht der Berufsgenossenschaft der Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik, Köln

last update: 22.08.2000