Title :
Human research review of the taser® electronic control device
Author :
Ho, Jeffrey D. ; Dawes, Donald M. ; Heegaard, William G. ; Miner, James R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Emergency Med., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; TASERreg; electronic control device; human research; Cardiac; TASER; human studies; safety; sudden death; Clinical Trials as Topic; Death, Sudden; Device Approval; Electric Injuries; Electricity; Electronics; Electroshock; Equipment Design; Heart; Heart Conduction System; Humans; Law Enforcement; Research Design;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334540