Citation

Koscove EM. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1985; 14(12): 1205-1208.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4061994

Abstract

The Taser is an electrical law enforcement and self-defense weapon that is being used with increasing frequency. The weapon is described and its effects and ballistic and electrical considerations are reviewed. Clinical aspects of Taser injury, including weapon-fired barb injury, barb removal methods, injury secondary to electrical current, ventricular fibrillation, possible interactions with implanted pacemakers, and injuries secondary to weapon-induced falls, are discussed. Taser injuries are a new and increasingly frequent emergency medicine problem.

(stun-gun)