What is the danger in electricity for people and animals?
When electric current flows through an animal or a person it can cause the nervous system to react in pain, or by involuntary muscle contraction. These effects are temporary while other effects such as burns (at the points of contact and internal) and ventricular fibrillation can be life threatening. Ventricular fibrillation is the effect that occurs at the lowest level of current, this is where the heart becomes irreversibly unco-ordinated and fails to pump blood, resulting in a fatality. The improper use of domestic electricity supplies and associated electrical appliances cause 1000’s of deaths through this effect around the world each year.
