Estimating the probability that the Taser® directly causes human ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-191

  Sun, H ^a   Haemmerich, D ^b   Rahko, P S ^c   Webster, J G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cardiac stimulation; Electrical safety; Electromuscular incapacitatingdevice; Finite element method; Simulation; Taser1

Indexed keywords

CHEST WALL; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; HUMAN HEART; POLICE REPORTS; SKIN SURFACES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WEAPONS;

EID: 77949478713     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091900903509149     Document Type: Article

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