I think that you meant that the resistance goes up when charring starts. ..
Not really, once the skin has burnt away, the tissue below the surface that is exposed and is wetter and a better conductor.
Unfortunately, the lethal current is likely to have stopped the heart ...
Not at all - it is quite common to survive a shock with significant entry and exit wounds, especially if the contact area is small, less than a square inch or so, and so long as the burns are properly treated to prevent infection, the long term prospects are good. Quite a lot of shocks are not across the torso, and in that case there may not be any fibrillation at all.
Equally, there have been many tragic cases where a lethal current flows, but the contact area was large and there is no obvious damage to the skin.
Electric shock is not anything like the exact science some standards writers would like it to be....
I think that you meant that the resistance goes up when charring starts. ..
Not really, once the skin has burnt away, the tissue below the surface that is exposed and is wetter and a better conductor.
Unfortunately, the lethal current is likely to have stopped the heart ...
Not at all - it is quite common to survive a shock with significant entry and exit wounds, especially if the contact area is small, less than a square inch or so, and so long as the burns are properly treated to prevent infection, the long term prospects are good. Quite a lot of shocks are not across the torso, and in that case there may not be any fibrillation at all.
Equally, there have been many tragic cases where a lethal current flows, but the contact area was large and there is no obvious damage to the skin.
Electric shock is not anything like the exact science some standards writers would like it to be....
