Taser use in restraint-related deaths

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-450

  Strote, Jared ^a   Hutson, H Range ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Fatal outcome; Law enforcement; Physical; Restraint

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE STUDY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RESTRAINT RELATED DEATH; TECHNIQUE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33748990312     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600884863     Document Type: Article

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