Additional Information on Taser Safety

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 758-759

  Bozeman, William P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; WEAPON;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROSHOCK; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WEAPONS;

EID: 70350058903     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.015     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Home Office Scientific Development Branch Figures on the reported and recorded uses of Taser by police forces in England and Wales (05 May 2009). http://scienceandresearch.homeoffice.gov.uk/images/106966/Taserfigs_Sep-Dec_08_.pdf Accessed May 16, 2009.
2. Eastman A.L., Metzger J.C., Pepe P.E., et al. Conductive electrical devices: a prospective, population-based study of the medical safety of law enforcement use. J Trauma 64 (2008) 1567-172
3. Bozeman W.P., Hauda II W.E., Heck J.J., et al. Safety and injury profile of conducted electrical weapons used by law enforcement officers against criminal suspects. Ann Emerg Med 53 (2009) 480-489
4. Angelidis M., Basta A., Walsh M., et al. injuries associated with law enforcement use of conducted electrical weapons. Acad Emerg Med 16 suppl. 1 (2009) S229