title: Cardiac fibrillation risks with TASER conducted electrical weapons.
abstract: The TASER(®) conducted electrical weapon (CEW) delivers electrical pulses that can temporarily incapacitate subjects. We analyzed the cardiac fibrillation risk with TASER CEWs. Our risk model accounted for realistic body mass index distributions, used a new model of effects of partial or oblique dart penetration and used recent epidemiological CEW statics.
authors.forename: Dorin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panescu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kroll
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brave
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D004597:Electroshock / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*