Hands-on defibrillation with safety drapes: Analysis of compressions and an alternate current pathway

Ex vivo evaluation of personal protective equipment in hands-on defibrillation

“…Previous studies investigating the electrical protection of PPE have not specifically focused on hand-to-hand leakage current (current that “leaks” through the PPE into the rescuer), which may transpire during MPA, and have not modelled hand-to-knee leakage current as may occur to a rescuer providing hands-on defibrillation over a patient or have not modeled rescuer resistance in their electric pathway. 10. , 11.…”