its examples and treatments?\nwhy are humans electrocuted?
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Psychological\nThe perception of electric shock can be different depending on the voltage, duration, current, path taken, etc. Current entering the hand has a threshold of perception of about 5 to 10 milliamperes (mA) for DC and about 1 to 10 mA for AC at 60 Hz.\n\nPhysiological\nBurns: Tissue heating due to resistance can cause extensive and deep burns. High-voltage (> 500 to 1000 V) shocks tend to cause internal burns due to the large energy (which is proportional to the square of the voltage) available from the source. Damage due to current is through tissue heating.\n\nVentricular fibrillation: A low-voltage (110 to 220 V), 60-Hz AC current traveling through the chest for a fraction of a second may induce ventricular fibrillation at currents as low as 60mA. With DC, 300 to 500 mA is required. If the current has a direct pathway to the heart (eg, via a cardiac catheter or other electrodes), a much lower current of less than 1 mA, (AC or DC) can cause fibrillation. Fibrillations are usually lethal because all the heart muscle cells move independently. Above 200mA, muscle contractions are so strong that the heart muscles cannot move at all.\n\nNeurological effects: Current can cause interference with nervous control, especially over the heart and lungs. When the current path is through the head, it appears that, with sufficient current, loss of consciousness almost always occurs swiftly. (This is borne out by some limited self-experimentation by early designers of the electric chair. and by research from the field of animal husbandry, where electric stunning has been extensively studied).\n\nThe recommended first aid for someone who had received a severe electrical shock has three major components:\n1) Call for help \n2) Make sure the victim is no longer in contact with the electrical current source. Turn off all power if this can be done quickly. \n3) Check for breathing and heart beat and apply cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary \n\n[Also] "the human body is not much of a resistor. Rather, it is a fairly good conductor of electricity because the fluids in our bodies are solutions of salts and ions which readily enable electricity to flow."\n\nMore information and details can be found in the links below.
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm
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Lighting is static electricity of charged particles in our atmosphere. The difference in the charges causes lightning. It is not often (If ever) for ground to cloud strikes over water. Water is a grounding source, since water is highly conductive (Salt water like oceans more so than fresh water like lakes and ponds.)and it is electrically, and physically grounded, the electrical energy is both grounded, and dissipated by the large volume of conduction.
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Big steps forward in knowledge, understanding and the advance of humanity requires great risks to be taken.\n\nWould the pilgrim fathers have set out in a rickety little wooden ship if the same question was asked?\n\nWhat about the dangers of electricity, flying, medical testing? The list is endless and lots of people have died or been seriously injured making the discoveries that have improved all our lives so much.
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When you go to touch something metallic (or the kids, LOL), hold a key or some other metallic object in your hand, and touch the car door, fridge, whatever, with the key instead of your hand.  You'll still feel a shock, but it's only about half as bad, (I guess) because you're allowing the current to flow through a larger area of your hand, rather than the little "lightning bolt" attacking one little spot on your hand.  I discovered that by accident many years ago; probably as I went to unlock my car door.\n\nAlso, you can reduce the static electricity generation by using a humidifier in the dry months.
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electrical shock is no joke if your talking 110vac or higher, it can cause heart failure you should be monitored for 24 hrs, also you could be burnt in the inside of your body. less of 1 amp can kill you
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Various things you do cause a build up of static potential about your body.  How effectively you can release this potential affects how much you zap things/people around you.  Every person's individual resistance to electric current is different.  This along with things like whether or not you are constantly grounded, thus discharging any built up static potential on your body, affect your "electrifying" personality. :P  This is why people employed in working with sensitive electronics use things like grounding wrist straps or ground mats, etc before and while working with the electronic components. The mats and straps help get rid of any static potential build up.\n\nYou're just lucky enough, like my oldest sister, to be able to pop someone else at will.  I always stay out of arm's reach of her in the static filled winter time.
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I have the same problem, so does my father.\nI think the electromagnetic field of a person has alot to do with it.\nWe all produce electromagnetic energy,this is an actual measurable force, ex. EKG, EEG etc.\nAnd some people produce it at different wavelengths, so it stands to figure that someone is gonna screw up something with one.
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Electricity is a property of matter that results from the presence of electric charge. Together with magnetism, it constitutes the fundamental interaction known as electromagnetism. Electricity is responsible for many well-known physical phenomena such as lightning, electric fields and electric currents, and is put to use in industrial applications such as electronics and electric power.
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Actually, it supon us to judge whether the energy used up is taken as GOOD or WASTED...\nbut our (humans) point electric energy is not considered as harmfull...<for more clarification contact me>
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Electrical wiring in the brain. We are wired to protect you. To love you. To care about you. Getting attached, and feeling things for you comes with the wiring. Sorry if it pisses you off.
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You only get an electrical shock if you touch both the wire and another thing (in most people's case, the ground) Then the current passes from the cable to the other thing through you. If you're ever silly enough to try, you can hang from the cable with one hand and nothing will happen to you, either.
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Ninjas used to build up immunity to toxins by poisoning themselves with the very substance they used IN SMALL QUANTITIES....The human body will realize that it is being invaded by a foreign substance and will fight it off.  T-Cells will produce an antibody that destroys the toxin and will remain in the bloodstream encase that toxin ever comes back.  Larger doses over time will increase the antibody load until the toxin would be rendered useless against a person who has "self immunized."  (Ever wondered what the flu shot really was?  TAKE A GUESS!!!)\n\nAs for electroshock.....I don't think that the body can tolerate shock.  (Depending on severity.)  The body relies on electricity in a small part to regulate heart beat.  A few shocks could send the heart into arrhythmia and lead to heart attack.
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In reality, normal water is a very weak conductor. It is possible to be electricuted while in the water, as in the bathtub example, but in the open waters, only things in very close proximity to the lightning strike will be affected. In actuality, pure water doesn't conduct electricity at all, but when things are dissolved in the water it can carry a current. This also explains why being shocked in your bathtub is more prominent- there are soaps and oils dissolved in the water.
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The damage may not be immediately evident, but little by little the components in a computer are damaged by Voltage Spikes. Voltage spikes occur, not just during electrical storms but also from other electrical equipment like fluorescent lights and electric motors.\nI thought that i was protected but I used to have component failures until bought a good surge suppressor and I don't mean the cheap things they sell in the computer stores. You need to get one that comes with a guarantee, like "This unit will perform as intended for 10 years or we will replace it free of charge".\nI have seen so call surge protectors that have lights on that tell you that it is working. After a voltage surge, a pop was hear and the thing rattled when shaken. The light, however, still came on.\nI recommend Innovative Technology  surge suppressors. They have an excellant sine wave follow device that I have been using for over 10 years. I have not had any hardware failures since I bought it.\nIf the computer is turned OFF, it can still be damaged. It needs to be unplugged to be safe.
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Nuclear blasts create an EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse, which damages, destroys, or shuts down electrical equipment.\n\nWikipedia:\n"The electromagnetic radiation from an explosion (especially a nuclear explosion) or an intensely fluctuating magnetic field caused by Compton-recoil electrons and photoelectrons from photons scattered in the materials of the electronic or explosive device or in a surrounding medium. The resulting electric and magnetic fields may couple with electrical/electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges"\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse#Non-nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse
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A brief explanation of what's going on - in the dry weather, you're building up static electricity on your body as you walk around. When you touch a metal object (like a doorknob) that has very little electric charge, the charge is transferred to the other object.\n\nSo, the short answer is that to prevent the annoying shocks, you need to avoid building up electricity, or keep discharging it to objects. Touching metal frequently will help. Also, you can avoid some of the annoying effects by touching things with something other than your fingertips first - for example, the back of your hand. Your fingertips are very sensitive, and it may not be as unpleasant to get small shocks on other parts of your body.