Latest Publications on Police Taser
Re: Myocardial infarction after TASER exposure. J La State Med Soc 2010; 162: 291-295. Dawes DM, Ho JD,
J La State Med Soc. 2011 Mar-Apr;163(2):64; author reply 66.

Police use of TASERs in the restraint and transport of persons with a mental illness.
The mentally ill are overrepresented in the statistics of individuals ...
Edinger J, Boulter S,
J Law Med. 2011 Mar;18(3):589-93.

Myocardial infarction after taser exposure. Baldwin DE, Nagarakanti R, Hardy SP, Jain N, Borne DM, England AR, Nix ED, Daniels CL, Abide WP Jr, Glancy DL,
J La State Med Soc. 2010 Sep-Oct;162(5):291-2, 294-5.

Use of Tasers on people with mental illness A New Zealand database study.
BACKGROUND: In 2006-2007 New Zealand police deployed the Taser X26 ...
O'Brien AJ, McKenna BG, Thom K, Diesfeld K, Simpson AI,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.11.006
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2011 Jan-Feb;34(1):39-43. Epub 2010 Dec 3.

Cardiac safety of conducted electrical devices in pigs and their effect on pacemaker function.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study are to evaluate the cardiac safety of ...
Khaja A, Govindarajan G, McDaniel W, Flaker G,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2010.07.007
Am J Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;29(9):1089-96. Epub 2010 Oct 12.

Medical implications of the Taser. Payne-James J, Sheridan B, Smith G,
BMJ. 2010 Feb 22;340:c853. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c853.

Cardiovascular evaluation of electronic control device exposure in law enforcement trainees: a multisite study.
OBJECTIVE: Occupational health risk with regard to training exercises is a ...
VanMeenen KM, Cherniack NS, Bergen MT, Gleason LA, Teichman R, Servatius RJ,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181cc58ba
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Feb;52(2):197-201.

Use of force by law enforcement: an evaluation of safetyand injury.
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the frequency and types of injuries ...
Strote J, Verzemnieks E, Walsh M, Hutson HR,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c45302
J Trauma. 2010 Nov;69(5):1288-93.

Deaths in custody: are some due to electronic control devices (including TASER devices) or excited delirium?
Deaths have occurred after law-enforcement incidents involving ...
Jauchem JR,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.011
J Forensic Leg Med. 2010 Jan;17(1):1-7. Epub 2008 Aug 9.

Estimating the probability that the Taser directly causes human ventricular fibrillation.
This paper describes the first methodology and results for estimating the ...
Sun H, Haemmerich D, Rahko PS, Webster JG,
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03091900903509149
J Med Eng Technol. 2010 Apr;34(3):178-91.

Conducted electrical weapon use by law enforcement: an evaluation of safety and injury.
INTRODUCTION: Controversy persists over the safety of conducted electrical ...
Strote J, Walsh M, Angelidis M, Basta A, Hutson HR,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b28b78
J Trauma. 2010 May;68(5):1239-46.

Additional information on taser safety. Bozeman WP,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.015
Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Nov;54(5):758-9.

Review article: Emergency Department implications of the TASER.
The TASER is a conducted electricity device currently being introduced to ...
Robb M, Close B, Furyk J, Aitken P,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01194.x
Emerg Med Australas. 2009 Aug;21(4):250-8.

Immediate cardiovascular effects of the Taser X26 conducted electrical weapon.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the immediate cardiac and cardiovascular ...
Bozeman WP, Barnes DG Jr, Winslow JE 3rd, Johnson JC 3rd, Phillips CH, Alson R,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.063560
Emerg Med J. 2009 Aug;26(8):567-70.

Physiologic effects of the TASER after exercise.
OBJECTIVES: Incidents of sudden death following TASER exposure are poorly ...
Vilke GM, Sloane CM, Suffecool A, Kolkhorst FW, Neuman TS, Castillo EM, Chan TC,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00458.x
Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Aug;16(8):704-10. Epub 2009 Jul 10.

Unexpected arrest-related deaths in america: 12 months of open source surveillance.
INTRODUCTION: Sudden, unexpected arrest-related death (ARD) has been ...
Ho JD, Heegaard WG, Dawes DM, Natarajan S, Reardon RF, Miner JR,
West J Emerg Med. 2009 May;10(2):68-73.

Are TASER guns really safe? Chand M, Nash GF,
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2009 Jun;70(6):314-5.

Tasers--less than lethal!
We report a case of potentially lethal injury associated with the use of ...
Sharma A, Theivacumar NS, Souka HM,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870809X400958
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2009 May;91(4):W20-1.

Generalized tonic-clonic seizure after a taser shot to the head.
During a police chase on foot, a previously well police officer was hit ...
Bui ET, Sourkes M, Wennberg R,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081364
CMAJ. 2009 Mar 17;180(6):625-6.

Relation of Taser (electrical stun gun) deployment to increase in in-custody sudden deaths.
Despite controversy concerning their safety, use of electrical stun guns ...
Lee BK, Vittinghoff E, Whiteman D, Park M, Lau LL, Tseng ZH,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.046
Am J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 15;103(6):877-80. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

Safety and injury profile of conducted electrical weapons used by law enforcement officers against criminal suspects.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Conducted electrical weapons such as the Taser are ...
Bozeman WP, Hauda WE 2nd, Heck JJ, Graham DD Jr, Martin BP, Winslow JE,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.021
Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Apr;53(4):480-9. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

Taser X26 discharges in swine: ventricular rhythm capture is dependent on discharge vector.
BACKGROUND: Data from our previous studies indicate that Taser X26 stun ...
Valentino DJ, Walter RJ, Dennis AJ, Margeta B, Starr F, Nagy KK, Bokhari F, Wiley DE, Joseph KT, Roberts RR,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31818bc17a
J Trauma. 2008 Dec;65(6):1478-85; discussion 1485-7.

Two patients subdued with a TASER(R) device: cases and review of complications.
In the United States, an increasing number of law enforcement agencies ...
Sanford JM, Jacobs GJ, Roe EJ, Terndrup TE,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.059
J Emerg Med. 2011 Jan;40(1):28-32. Epub 2008 Apr 24.

Serum troponin I measurement of subjects exposed to the Taser X-26.
The Taser is a high-voltage, low-amperage conducted energy device used by ...
Sloane CM, Chan TC, Levine SD, Dunford JV, Neuman T, Vilke GM,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.08.073
J Emerg Med. 2008 Jul;35(1):29-32. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Thoracic spine compression fracture after TASER activation.
The TASER is a less lethal weapon seeing increased use by police ...
Sloane CM, Chan TC, Vilke GM,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.06.034
J Emerg Med. 2008 Apr;34(3):283-5. Epub 2008 Jan 10.

Physiological effects of a conducted electrical weapon on human subjects.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Sudden death after a conducted electrical weapon exposure ...
Vilke GM, Sloane CM, Bouton KD, Kolkhorst FW, Levine SD, Neuman TS, Castillo EM, Chan TC,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.004
Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Nov;50(5):569-75. Epub 2007 Aug 24.

Police use of the taser with people with mental illness in crisis. 100 West Cedar Street, Suite 300, Akron, Ohio 44307, USA. mmunetz@neoucom.edu Munetz MR, Fitzgerald A, Woody M,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.57.6.883
Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Jun;57(6):883.

The relative risk of police use-of-force options: evaluating the potential for deployment of electronic weaponry.
An electronic weapon, the Taser M26, has recently entered the use-of-force ...
Jenkinson E, Neeson C, Bleetman A,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.11.006
J Clin Forensic Med. 2006 Jul;13(5):229-41. Epub 2006 Jan 25.

Foreign body lodged in distal phalanx of left index finger-taser dart.
We report a case of a Taser dart presenting as a radio opaque foreign body ...
Dearing M, Lewis TJ,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10140-005-0428-x
Emerg Radiol. 2005 Nov;11(6):364-5. Epub 2005 Sep 10.

Introduction of the Taser into British policing. Implications for UK emergency departments: an overview of electronic weaponry.
The Taser is a development of the stun gun. It has recently been ...
Bleetman A, Steyn R, Lee C,
Emerg Med J. 2004 Mar;21(2):136-40.


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