#ECT #MedicalDevice has no @US_FDA premarket-approval studies using modern clinical parameters, subsequently zero Product Development Protocols in place to establish electrical dosing standards. This #tweetorial explains Thymatron electrical output. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 1/10

Output data provided by Dr. Castleman, NASA Bioengineer (ret.) & forensic expert testified US federal Riera v Somatics, LLC confidentially settled after judge ruled that there's sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find #ECT causes #braininjury. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 2/10

On #ECT Thymatron #MedicalDevice, the pulse width (PW), pulse frequency (PF), & output power can all be set independently. This is problematic bc US FDA has no manufacturer issued Product Development Protocols to standardize electrical dosing. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 3/10

Settings on #Thymatron #ECT:
PF: 10-140 Hz for 0.25 msec PW, 10-70 Hz otherwise.
Output current: 0.9 amp, constant (up to 450 volts, as req'd). Output charge (at 100%): 504 millicoulombs (US) & 1008 mC (UK). Output energy (at 100%): 99.8 joules.
#SuspendECT #AuditECT 4/10

#ECT's electrical output duration on #Thymatron #MedicalDevice is automatically calculated: 0.14-8 seconds. Drs set pulse width, pulse frequency, & output power (0-100%), device figures out treatment duration. It cannot be independently set. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 5/10

#Thymatron's #ECT current always 0.9 amp, voltage goes up to whatever req'd to force 0.9 amp thru head. Some combos of low frequency & narrow width can’t produce 100% output in 8 seconds, so #MedicalDevice will tell Dr to increase one or the other. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 6/10

Dr. John Friedberg, Berkley neurologist who testified b4 NY senate said "whole point of #ECT is to trigger a convulsion & there is simply no way around the brain's threshold: 100 joules of energy, a typical 'dose,'..." #SuspendECT #AuditECT 7/10

#ECT "Whether brief pulse, square wave, sine wave, AC or DC, unilateral or bilateral, w/ or w/o O2 equals the energy it takes to light up a 100 watt bulb for 1 second or drop a 73 lb (33kg) weight one foot (30cm)...it's the energy that does the damage" -Friedberg #AuditECT
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#Psychiatrists & #neurologists aren't physicists or bioengineers. Neither are req'd to study #ECT's Neuropathology using modern clinical parameters. Consequently no one knows how to help repetitive #BrainInjury #Electricalinjury, abandoning patients. #SuspendECT #AuditECT 9/10

Given #ECT #MedicalDevice #tweetorial above, any wonder int'l #AuditECT http://www.Change.org/PatientSafetyECT has >12K signatures to standardize, audit, regulate & provide comprehensive #BrainInjury assessment & #Rehab to ECT patients? Will you sign & RT? @Mad_In_America #SuspendECT 10/10