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Smartwatch that can detect electrocution?
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jcuadra:
Hello folks,

I and a few others will be working with high power inverters, high voltage batteries (up to 1000 VDC) with very high power (up to 200 kW), in a lab, and sometimes we will be alone.
I've been thinking about safety. (Of course, will have gloves, eye and ear protection, a defibrillator, an insulated personnel hook to pull someone away from high voltage, warning lights, CO2 fire extinguisher, Li-ion battery salt/sand buckets etc.)

Is there such a thing as a smartwatch that can detect heartbeat anomalies after an electrocution? Ideally it will send out an immediate emergency alert to colleagues and the CPR trained folks.

TIA
mendip_discovery:
Chances are the watch would also be dead.
IanB:
After an electrocution there will be no heartbeat (flatline). It is easy for a watch to detect this, but what you need is for the watch to send a message alert to someone notifying that you are dead  :o

I don't know if there is a watch that can do this.
IanB:

--- Quote from: jcuadra on December 05, 2023, 06:05:16 pm ---and sometimes we will be alone
--- End quote ---

Not this. You can never work alone in a lab where there is a danger to life.
jpanhalt:
If you get shocked and are awake, call for help.  No watch needed.  If you are unconscious, your partners need to get emergency services immediately and start whatever life saving procedures they know.  Rather than a watch, be sure everyone is trained in CPR and maybe get one of those commercially made "DIY" cardioconverter kits.  Be sure everyone knows when to and when not to use it.
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