iPhone electric shock puts woman in hospital Hospitalised: a Sydney woman has been treated after an electric shock while charging her iPhone. A Sydney woman has been taken to hospital after suffering an electric shock from her iPhone. The 28-year-old woman told emergency services she was zapped while holding the phone in her Chatswood home about 8pm on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the phone was plugged in and charging at the time. The woman was not seriously injured, but a NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said she was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition for treatment. Earlier this month, Apple said it would investigate claims an iPhone electrocuted a woman who was making a call while charging the device in China. This week another person, a man in China, was also reported to be in a coma after suffering electrocution from a charging iPhone. The Sydney woman is the fifth person treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics this year after receiving electric shocks from mobile phones, while hundreds more have been treated for injuries caused from household electrical appliances. Other injuries include fingers being amputated in kitchen blenders, burns from hair straighteners and a shock from a gaming console. In one case, a woman was zapped by her dishwasher after a mouse chewed through the electric cord. Ambulance NSW has issued a warning about the dangers of electric shocks or burns from household items after responding to 232 calls to triple-0 for such incidents since January. NSW Ambulance Inspector John Brotherhood said symptoms could range from tingling and numbness, to blistering, burns, disturbed heart rate, or even death. "You only need one-thousandth of a milliamp to interfere with the electrical activity of your heart, which is not much at all," Inspector Brotherhood said. Basically, if the jolt moves you, if it takes your breath away or if it's at all a cause for concern, you need to get it checked out. Paramedics have been called to four cases around Sydney this year where patients amputated their fingers in kitchen blenders. Another patient reported that their finger was "stuck" in the blender, while another person said their finger was seriously cut by a blender's blades. Eight people required medical treatment after they were either burned or suffered an electric shock while using hair straighteners, while one person was treated for injuries suffered when a can of hairspray exploded. In another case, a patient received an electrical shock while hanging fairy lights, while one woman at Narooma on the NSW south coast suffered an electrical shock from her dishwasher. She later found a mouse had chewed through the electrical cord. Other cases involved shocks from computer keyboards or gaming consoles and light switches. Inspector Brotherhood said some of the electric shocks occurred when people touched power connections while their hands were wet. "The build-up of dust is another concern because it causes electricity to arc, especially on power points," he said.