Saturday, July 28, 2007

I've been shocked....literally

So last night at work we got a little bored. As you may have heard, a Bored Sarah is a Bad Sarah. For whatever reason, we decided to start messing around with the crash cart. That led to hooking the defibrillator pads up to me, which than we decided what could it hurt if I got shocked with 1 joule. Considering we just shocked a lady with 300 joules to get her out of V-Tach, 1 joule did not sound like much at all. So, I sat on the bed and the apprehension was probably the worst because of not knowing what to expect. It shocked me. It was probably one of the craziest things I've ever done. I had the pads on my lower chest so it wouldn't affect my heart....to much. It basically felt like someone just squeezed you, really really tight. It pretty much knocked the wind out of me. The doctor was present the entire time, basically just to laugh at us. It was hilarious, it still cracks me up. Why would we do such a stupid thing? It has been almost 5 hours now and I still feel so weird. I feel a little sore, like someone kicked me. And it seems like I notice the presence of my heart a little more than I normally do. Probably because I'm paying attention to whether or not it is still ticking.... Good times!

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