Citation

Achola EM, Griffith KN, Wrenn JO, Mitchell CR, Schwartz D, Roumie CL. JAMA Intern. Med. 2024; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012

PMID

38315481

Abstract

Police departments use conducted energy devices (CEDs), such as TASERs (TASER Self-Defense), as less lethal alternatives to firearms. With CEDs, compressed nitrogen charges propel metal barbs with wires that implant into the target. Electrical pulses up to 50 000 V are transmitted through barbs, causing incapacitation and loss of neuromuscular control.1 In 2019, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes were added to indicate CED use by law enforcement. We evaluated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with law enforcement–related CED injuries.

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