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Emergency Medicine News
A news magazine for the nation's 30,000 emergency physicians, Emergency Medicine News provides breaking coverage of advances, trends, and issues within the field, as well as clinical commentary with a CME activity by Editorial Board Chairman James R. Roberts, MD, a leader in the field.
Viewpoint: Rhetoric V. Reality
Viewpoint: "Death by Tasercution" Rare
InFocus: the Medical Effects of TASER's
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Academic Emergency Medicine
Ho, J. D., D. M. Dawes, et al. (2008). "Echocardiographic Evaluation of a TASER-X26 Application in the Ideal Human Cardiac Axis." Acad Emerg Med.
Conclusions: A 10-second ECD exposure in an ideal cardiac axis application did not demonstrate concerning tachyarrhythmias using human models. The swine model may have limitations when evaluating ECD technology.
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Heart Rhythm 2008, 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 14-17, 2008, San Francisco, CA USA:
Thursday May 15, 2008 Presenting Rhythm in Sudden Custodial Deaths After Use of TASER® Electronic Control Device,
Friday May 16, 2008 Can Electrical-Conductive Weapons (TASER®) alter the functional integrity of pacemakers and defibrillators and cause rapid myocardial capture?
Friday May 16, 2008 Echocardiographic Evaluation of Human Transcutaneous TASER® Application Along the Cardiac Axis.
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Recent medical studies hail the safe use of conducted energy weapons
By Darrel Ross Ph.D
The collective findings of all of these studies support the fact that the TASER is not causally linked to sudden deaths of suspects, that there is an extremely low risk of injury to a suspect, and that there is no evidence that it causes cardiovascular effects linking it to sudden death. This is not to suggest that the TASER is totally risk free. While rare, there have been limited significant injuries sustained after the use of the TASER. These studies, however, are important as they underscore the initial development of the TASER, in that it was designed to safely control resisting subjects by decreasing the injury potential for the subject and the officer. Officers using the TASER are encouraged to closely follow their training, policy, and use of force legal standards in a continued effort to maximize its continued safe application.
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Evaluation of the New York City Police Department Firearm Training and Firearm-Discharge Review Process
The findings and recommendations on conductive energy devices are contained in a monograph prepared by the RAND Corporation for the New York City Police Department and release yesterday entitled Evaluation of the New York City Police Department Firearm Training and Firearm-Discharge Review Process.
With regard to conductive energy devices, the RAND study concluded that “[a]nalysis of the NYPD firearm-discharge cases and the experience of other police departments suggests that, if the NYPD employed a more robust, less lethal standoff weapon, it might not only prevent some incidents from escalating to deadly force but also reduce injuries to officers and citizens alike, as it has with other departments.”
More information can be found on CEDs in the RAND study on pages 64-78 and on pages 96-97 of the complete report which can be found at:
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