Cardiac safety of neuromuscular incapacitating defensive devices

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  McDaniel, Wayne C ^a   Stratbucker, Robert A ^b   Nerheim, Max ^b   Brewer, James E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TASER International   (United States)

^c Brewer Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical safety; Neuromuscular incapacitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATION DEVICE; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SWINE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 12844268204     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00101.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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