BTW, I really hope the guy fully recovers. The kind of voltage and amperage available in a treatment facility can cause life long injury. Get well soon!!
This is a hilarious argument (electrocuted or shocked). I've been an electrical contractor for 40 years now. I've been accidentally electrocuted a few more times than I'd like to admit - as have most electricians. At no time in the past 60 years (at least) has the term electrocuted meant death. Merriam-Webster says that the origin of the word DID come partially from "execute" but the current use has been injure or kill for a LONG TIME.
The Merriam Webster reference can be easily be found at merriam-webster-DOTcom/dictionary/electrocute.
What is this another election? If you think you know better than the current dispatcher why don't you apply for their job. I'm neither interested in running for office nor being better than anyone.
Roger as a County Roads retiree I dispatched and coordinated dispatches between us and County Fire and SO for several days straight on the Paint Fire and both of the El Nino floods in the 90's working 11-12 hour days along with driving through flooding in downtown Goleta late at night as a laiaison to facilitate rescues from flooding along Dearborn Place and south Kellogg. So... I don't need a job.
But you are wrong. The definition of electrocute is "to kill or severely injure by electric shock". Look it up. You are wrong, so yes, my "let it go" attitude is apt. Please stop embarrassing yourself!
Maybe you should take this on and start a campaign informing dispatchers and media people on the proper use of the term. Orrrrr.........you could just let it go since it does not affect you in any way. Just a thought.
For some reason, the news media these days ALWAYS uses the term incorrectly. "Electrocuted" = dead. Always. "Was shocked," or "received a serious electrical shock" = alive.
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Nov 10, 2017 10:11 AMBTW, I really hope the guy fully recovers. The kind of voltage and amperage available in a treatment facility can cause life long injury. Get well soon!!
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Nov 10, 2017 10:10 AMThis is a hilarious argument (electrocuted or shocked). I've been an electrical contractor for 40 years now. I've been accidentally electrocuted a few more times than I'd like to admit - as have most electricians. At no time in the past 60 years (at least) has the term electrocuted meant death. Merriam-Webster says that the origin of the word DID come partially from "execute" but the current use has been injure or kill for a LONG TIME.
The Merriam Webster reference can be easily be found at merriam-webster-DOTcom/dictionary/electrocute.
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Nov 10, 2017 06:58 AMDespite all this meaningless bickering over semantics, isn’t it good to know that the patient is ok, alert, and breathing on his own?
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Nov 09, 2017 12:53 PMMaybe some of you ought to apply for the job as Dispatcher since some of you seem to know better.
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Nov 09, 2017 02:07 PMWhat is this another election? If you think you know better than the current dispatcher why don't you apply for their job. I'm neither interested in running for office nor being better than anyone.
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Nov 09, 2017 01:53 PMYay for Tadges!!! You're the best!
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Nov 09, 2017 01:51 PMRoger as a County Roads retiree I dispatched and coordinated dispatches between us and County Fire and SO for several days straight on the Paint Fire and both of the El Nino floods in the 90's working 11-12 hour days along with driving through flooding in downtown Goleta late at night as a laiaison to facilitate rescues from flooding along Dearborn Place and south Kellogg. So... I don't need a job.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:49 AMDispatch should say "possible electrocution" or "electrical shock" on these calls. Cuz if they ain't dead they haven't been electrocuted.
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Nov 09, 2017 12:02 PMThe definition of electrocution includes injury or death by electrical shock.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:40 AMI automatically assumed "dead," and happy he's not.
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Nov 14, 2017 02:00 AMLOL! Well said! Especially about poster embarrassing him/her self.
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Nov 09, 2017 04:59 PMI am not the media and I report what I hear maybe he was severly injured...Professional dispatchers and Doctors on Edhat.
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Nov 09, 2017 02:51 PMBut you are wrong. The definition of electrocute is "to kill or severely injure by electric shock". Look it up. You are wrong, so yes, my "let it go" attitude is apt. Please stop embarrassing yourself!
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Nov 09, 2017 02:13 PMpast tense: electrocuted; past participle: electrocuted
injure or kill someone by electric shock.
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Nov 09, 2017 02:17 PMYou are wrong. Electrocute means: "to kill or severely injure by electric shock"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute
Now enough of this stupid argument!
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Nov 09, 2017 10:52 AMMaybe you should take this on and start a campaign informing dispatchers and media people on the proper use of the term. Orrrrr.........you could just let it go since it does not affect you in any way. Just a thought.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:48 AMFor some reason, the news media these days ALWAYS uses the term incorrectly. "Electrocuted" = dead. Always. "Was shocked," or "received a serious electrical shock" = alive.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:14 AMPatient is away from the power source.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:14 AMMale patient in his 40's conscious and Alert Engine 2 on scene.
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Nov 09, 2017 10:13 AM520 East Yanonali in Santa Barbara...