Human research review of the TASER electronic control device.
TASER Electronic Control Devices have become mainstream methods of applying electricity to control unruly suspects. There has been speculation that they may be associated with worsening human physiology or death. The lay impressions that these devices are unsafe are not founded on known human research findings. This presentation briefly reviews the most pertinent human research on this subject.
Ho
Jeffrey D
JD
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota-Hennepin Co Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Dawes
Donald M
DM
Heegaard
William G
WG
Miner
James R
JR
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003645:Death, Sudden; D018795:Device Approval; D004556:Electric Injuries; D004560:Electricity; D004581:Electronics; D004597:Electroshock; D004867:Equipment Design; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D012107:Research Design