On the probability of ventricular fibrillation due to electric shock

Title: On the probability of ventricular fibrillation due to electric shock
Creator: Pritchard, G.; Livingston Jr, G. C.; Aggarwal, R.; Griffiths, I.; Waterer, H.; Meylan, M. H.; Juniper, J.
Relation: Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group (MISG 2020) . Proceedings of the 2020 Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG2020) (University of Newcastle 28 January - 1 February, 2020) p. M65-M88
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21914/anziamj.v62.15969
Publisher: Australian Mathematical Publishing Association
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2022
Description: When exposed to a specified electrical shock, the probability that a randomly chosen individual will undergo fatal ventricular fibrillation can be regarded as a function of random variation in the human population along two dimensions. The first dimension is the individual's body impedance characteristic: for this, we introduce a new two-parameter model that improves on the simpler one-parameter model used in previous work. The second dimension is the individual's current tolerance: we codify some curves used in previous practice. We also consider methods of solving the resulting shock circuit and show that the fixed-point iteration method can give incorrect results.
Subject: fibrillation; body impedance; electric shock
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1520559
Identifier: uon:57496
Identifier: ISSN:1445-8810
Language: eng
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