Is there a way to measure how much electricity a person has received, for instance after an electric

If a person receives a shock of electricity, is there a way to measure after the shock, how much electricity the person has received? Is there a device of some type that could be used, perhaps waved over the person to determine electricity levels?

Hi Erik-There is no residual voltage left behind after a person has received a shock, so the short answer is no.This got me started thinking, though, and much the same as the wind velocity of a tornado is estimated by the amount of destruction caused, I imagine it would be possible if a person was killed by an electric shock,  it may be possible to estimate the amount of power (notice I didn't say voltage) the person received.-Rick

Hi Rick,Wouldn't there be some kind of residual charge? Like an effect similar to static electricity?

As Rick said, no.However, it can usually be inferred, since the source of the shock would normally be quite obvious. It is current that causes the damage, that is determined by voltage, entry and exit points, and skin/tissue resistivity for example.A fatal shock normally occurs at low current levels, typically in the 100mA range, high currents usually cause severe burns and tissue damage.See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_injury
Richard

Erik,
> "Is there a device of some type that could be used, perhaps waved over the person to determine electricity levels?"You're thinking of the Star Trek Tricorder, more specifically the medical one.  We're not quite there yet...

What about if person received AC current similar to the type of crowd control devices Rick mentioned in another post?>A higher powered device could be further away.  This is the same
principle on which a >microwave oven operates.  One or more of the
contractors for the U.S government is working on >a non-lethal crowd
control device that can be used from a distance and makes people
>uncomfortable enough that they will want to leave the area.Could the effects of such a device be measured? Perhaps, the temperature increase?

Erik

Erik.... it occurs to me that you might be able to use an RF field strength meter to indicate if anyone is firing RF or microwaves at you...something like this one here.  no too expensive and quite sensitive enough to pick up any malevolent energy fired at you.  There is a downloadable manual at the page which would tell you more.

Hi David,
That's great! Thank you very much for the post!! Can it detect for instance AC (Alternating Current) energy?

Erik no, the one I linked to only senses 1 MHz to 1 GHz - ie radio waves only.But you can detect lower frequency AC with just an amplifier and a coil, the coil will pick up AC energy and amplify it to headphones.  Or you can use an AM radio, they are usually pretty sensitive to high energy that is above our hearing but lower than the instrument above will detects.Which brings me to another theory.  The use of infrasonics (Audio frequencies below our hearing, that is in the range of about 0 - 20 Hz) is also supposed to induce nausea and disorientation.  A good quality sound level meter might pick that up.  This has nothing to do with electricity - is is just high energy sound waves that are out of our range of hearing.  If a sound meter picks up something but you hear nothing that could be it.

David, that's great! Any suggestions or links to purchasing such an amplifier and coil?
Infrasonics is a great suggestion! What kind of distance could an infrasonic signal travel? And then what
would block infrasonic signals? Headphones? A hat that covered the
ears?