Rescue 911 - Episode 630 - Dishwasher Electrocution

[thefunkychics1]

Me to

[Baseshocks]

@arnicaherb I was an electrical apprentice for over a year.. all major appliances have their own breaker. All he had to do was put a 12 dollar electrical tester on the wires as he flickered threw the breakers in the house electrical pannel when the beeping stopped on the tester the power is cut. Ive been shocked a shit load of times 120v, 15 amp is not a big deal but when messing with water too its a whole new world of hurt.

[V904T]

I don`t know if the victim will like it when he find out later that his life was saved by a black guy...

[epcdaniel]

People just fuck around with dishwashers and washing machines alike with no thought whatsoever to unplug the piece of shit first.

[tall32guy]

@arnicaherb He probably didn't think about it. He probably assumed everything under there was insulated. Believe it or not, I probably would have done the same thing. O_O Well, not anymore! Power goes OFF without fail, in the future, anytime I'm trying to fix a hardwired appliance like that.

[josecampos7070]

He was my football coach in 7th grade haha hes still alive and kicking :D

[PredatorBrendan]

@josecampos7070 Who is it you're referring to. Your 7th grade football coach.

[josecampos7070]

@PredatorBrendan Mr. Larson :D the dude that got electrified

[PredatorBrendan]

@josecampos7070 Oh, thanks for letting us know that Mr. Larson is still alive today. It's good to know about the people on that show.

[josecampos7070]

@PredatorBrendan no problem :D bless u for caring :D good day!

[PrincessEli82]

@josecampos7070 I didn't know that. I have one word to say- Golly

[pm41224]

@josecampos7070 Your 7th Grade football coach is lucky to be alive! Sorry for the previous post I made. I was a little shocked.

[PrincessEli82]

@josecampos7070 That's great and yet shocking.

[Snoep76239]

They should make a CPR course mandatory for graduating high school. It would save a lot of people...

[Baseshocks]

@Snoep76239 I agree.

[Snoep76239]

I feel bad for the guy, but it's pretty dumb to reach into a nest of wires while the appliance has the power on to it. Flip the breaker first!

[PredatorBrendan]

@arnicaherb I don't think I can answer that.

[Arabhacks]

This is a very expensive lesson! but not an electrocution.

Electrocution is the death by electrical discharge.

[lynne3ann3]

@Arabhacks Well if he wasn't breathing and no pulse that would mean he's technically dead. Which would mean he was electrocuted.

[barf245]

Mullet fest.....feel the urge to grow out my hair and start a mullet

[Sara4Fergie]

This could have been avoided by simply cutting the power supply to the dishwasher by switching the electricity off on the circuit breaker.

[hell5309]

Okay, this is probably just me being picky, but I feel I should say this:

The dad in this segment got SHOCKED. He did not get ELECTROCUTED. Electrocution is short for "electric execution", which refers to death by electric shock.

[noahharley2000]

he should have flipped the beaker!!!!!

[vickiormindyb]

Until I saw this, I didn't even know you COULD get electrocuted by a dishwasher.

That's kind of scary.

It happened to my sister. That's why I work in Emergency Medicine. I saw my sister almost die. Paramedics saved her life.

[bluquail]

My father fixed ours not too long ago and was just fine.

[jillhbaudhaan]

they didn't turn the power off first, they didn't get a flashlight first...are u kidding me

[ampersandkai]

I hate these electrocution episodes. They always give me a start :)

[tpir1972]

hOW DID HE GET ELECTROCUTED what did he touch?

[PredatorBrendan]

@tpir1972 They didn't shut off the breaker to the dishwasher and he touched the wire on it and got himself electrocuted because of that.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

Always turn off the power via the main breaker.

[EvilSpoofAuthor]

@MIKON8ERISBACK They could also just unplug the dishwasher. My dad is an electrician. (however in the event the plug is the problem yeah it would be wise to cut the power from the breaker to the kitchen at least until the dishwasher itself is unplugged) Once it's unplugged, you're fine.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@EvilSpoofAuthor I thought dishwashers were hardwired.

[EvilSpoofAuthor]

@MIKON8ERISBACK Depends on the way the appliance is set up. Most have appliance plugs which are larger than your normal plugs but there are some that are built into the kitchen and hardwired. My dad is one who has replaced several appliances so he sets things up so if it breaks down it can easily be repaired or replaced.

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

wow cpr has changed, now its 30 pumps 2 breaths

[schindlerman96]

to bad you dont have other episodes I wish I can find these episodes somewhere so I could buy them all instead of having to watch them on youtube

[Paramedic18791]

If I do electrical work I do the following

Switch off

test

lockout, tagout

test

short out

[aotife]

yup. at 5:12 i'm trying to act sad. not bad for being like 5-7.

gave up on acting, going to auditions was so boring.

[PredatorBrendan]

@aotife I see. Acting sad on shows is kind of difficult to some degree from what I heard. I think you did a fine job on it.

[onroute93]

@aotife i enjoyed your 15 minutes of fame..

[aotife]

I'm the small boy actor.

holy shit that was so long ago, i'm 21 now

[PredatorBrendan]

@aotife Your the boy actor who did reenactment scenes in that segment?

[Cyclops236]

@aotife I'll give you credit for doing the acting on Rescue 911 if it weren't for acting we wouldn't have shows like Rescue 911.

[eri3576w]

@aotife is it you at 5:12..on right..blonde hair?

[HikaruYamamoto]

@aotife aww you were so cute.

[TheLimelizard]

@aotife what was it like

[PrincessEli82]

@aotife Wow, that's neat.

[MrCerebellum2]

@aotife Can I have your autograph?

[ZMommaL56]

If Reid was 42 back then, he was born in 1952 so he's 58 now.

[vickiormindyb]

It did happen to someone I know. My daughter when she was 13 went driving around w/ a carload of fools, the driver didn't even have a driver's license, who lost control of the car and drove it down an embankment where it plunged into the Schuykill River.

Having worked w/ some of the people I've encountered in Emergency Medicine, there was no way I was going to leave her w/ them w/out my being there too. I went w/ them and helped.

[davinp]

This video is also posted on MySpace Videos.

[vickiormindyb]

As a firefighter/EMT, I've never trusted doing something I have little knowledge of.

You wouldn't BELIEVE some of the idiots we've treated-and I'm not saying this guy's one of them.

The first poisoning call I got was for a man who was working on his car in the garage. He had two 7-up bottles, one w/ 7-Up in it and the other w/ gasoline.

He wasn't looking when he picked up the bottle and he swallowed a large mouthful of gasoline.

I thought, Who puts gasoline in a soda pop bottle.

[gregorkrause]

if the fuse blew in my apartment i'd be wise to trust the maintenance guys who work at the apartment and not myself.

[gregorkrause]

such episodes such as this one made me wiser and leave the dangerous electrical problems to the professionals like my mom was worried if i fooled around with the circuit breaker box in my apt i may get shocked and die since i'm by myself.

[vickiormindyb]

@gregorkrause The guy at the electric company tried to tell me you can't hurt yourself messing w/ the circuit breaker.

I said "I work for the Fire Department, just so you'll know."

He said "We'll send someone out."

I thought he was a doofus. That's TOO lazy. Someone who didn't know about it could have gotten hurt, b/c the electric company wanted to avoid sending someone out to check the circuit. O_o

[arohn2007]

@vickiormindyb As when working with any electricity, you should sh out it off at the breaker first. If you shut the main breaker off you could work on the panel without being hurt. I would recommend leaving that work to the professionals though

[PredatorBrendan]

@arohn2007 Your english is a little off, but you're right. The breaker to any panel should be off before you work on any electrical.

[arohn2007]

@PredatorBrendan No, apparently I just don't know how to spell. heheh