Taser blunt probe dart-to-heart distance causing ventricular fibrillation in pigs

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2768-2771

  Wu, Jiun Yan ^a   Sun, Hongyu ^a   O'Rourke, Ann P ^b   Huebner, Shane M ^c   Rahko, Peter S ^d   Will, James A ^c   Webster, John G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical safety; Electromuscular incapacitating device; Fibrillation; Safety; Stun gun; Taser; Ventricular fibrillation (VF)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SAFETY; ELECTROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATING DEVICE; FIBRILLATION; SAFETY; STUN GUN; TASER; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF);

ANIMALS; ELECTRON GUNS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROSHOCK; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 58149267838     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2002154     Document Type: Article

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