Cardiac Monitoring of Human Subjects Exposed to the Taser®

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-117

  Levine, Saul D ^a   Sloane, Christian M ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Dunford, James V ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; CED (conductive energy electrical device); NID (neuromuscular incapacitating device); rhythm; Taser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT INTERVAL; WEAPON;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547632579     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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