Citation

Ho JD, Dawes DM, Heegaard WG, Miner JR. Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2009; 2009: 3181-3183.

Affiliation

Dept. of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota-Hennepin Co Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers))

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334540

PMID

19964797

Abstract

TASER Electronic Control Devices have become mainstream methods of applying electricity to control unruly suspects. There has been speculation that they may be associated with worsening human physiology or death. The lay impressions that these devices are unsafe are not founded on known human research findings. This presentation briefly reviews the most pertinent human research on this subject.

Language: en