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In a message dated 15/02/99 15:02:04 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << I would be grateful of any knowledge about the effects of defibrillating someone on a metal stretcher e.g. Scoop or Dynamed folding metal stretcher. >> As far as I know it's the electrical pathway through the heart, from one paddle to the other, that matters. What the patient lies on has no bearing on the actual effectiveness of the shock. Current leakage through the patient and on to the stretcher is what causes the problem from the rescuer point of view. Regards Keith %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%