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ELECTRIC SHOCK AND EARTH SHOCK IN PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT Shock: Shock is stage of unconsciousness which could be due to so many causes. Examples are: hypovolemic, neurogenic, psychogenic and electric shock etc. Electric shock: Electric shock is a painful stimulation of sensory nerves caused by: 1. Sudden flow of current 2. Cessation or pause of flow of current 3. Variation of the current passing through the body Causes of Electric Shock 1. Poorly designed electromedical apparatus 2. Improper insulation of equipment 3. Improper insulation of wires 4. Badly serviced medical equipment 5. Mishandling of apparatus 6. Improper guidance to the patient 7. Lack of proper safety measures Severity of Electric Shock 1. In accordance with the Ohm’s Law, resistance is inversely  proportional to current. Hence, lower the resistance of the skin the greater the current which passes through the body. Therefore, if exposed part of the circuit is touched with wet hands, the s

STARTING POSITION AND DERIVED POSITION The position, which is adopted, by the patient or an individual to perform the exercise or the movement, to gain relaxation and stabilize the body is called as starting position. To perform a movement or exercise, the person should adopt one stable position. “Every movement begins in posture and ends in posture”. It is applicable for the day-to-day activities too. For example, drinking bed coffee. In this example, the person has to come out of the lying posture and attain sitting posture to drink the coffee or tea. So, the every activity, which we do in our day-to-day life also starts in one posture and ends in some other or same posture. There are five fundamental positions are found by which all the positions are derived. Whatever position we adopt for exercise or movement, it is the position, which altered from the five fundamental positions. 1. Standing 2. Sitting 3. Lying 4. Kneeling 5. Hanging. DERIVED POSITIONS Th