R: urban legend vs science - 2nd try...no takers?

[Ronald Simon]

I know thats what we are all told but i have seen muscle that didnt jump 
stay alive ......sooooo....the question is whether this is urban legend 
or there is science out there to prove it.
ron

Peter wrote:
> If it did not cause you any burn then it didn't work like electrocautery,
> live muscle jumps when touched but not when it is dead.
> Peter
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
> Per conto di Mike Smertka
> Inviato: venerdì 7 settembre 2007 21.31
> A: Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list
> Oggetto: Re: urban legend vs science - 2nd try...no takers?
>
> Don't know about electrocautery, but around march I volunteered to be hooked
> up to an electrotherapy device for a demonstration, at 5ma (considered the
> highest safe setting on the model) I didn't feel it and there was no motor
> response in my dominant hand to the "pulse," Except for my normally poor
> typing skill, I conclude I have no neuro-muscular deficets. I am certainly
> not dead. :)
>    
>   Mike
>
> Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>   I just watched a debreedment of muscle that to me looked extremely 
> healthy. It was 5d after a crush injury, the muscle still looked nice 
> and pink but it did not jump when touched with the electrocautery. Is 
> there any science here or is it a legend that if it doesnt jump it is 
> dead.
>   
>> Thanks
>> ron simon
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