• DocumentCode
    3085682
  • Title

    Theoretical possibility of ventricular fibrillation during use of TASER neuromuscular incapacitation devices

  • Author

    Panescu, Dorin ; Kroll, Mark W. ; Stratbucker, Robert A.

  • Author_Institution
    St. Jude Medical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    20-25 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    5671
  • Lastpage
    5674
  • Abstract
    Introduction: TASER devices deliver electrical pulses that temporarily incapacitate suspects. This study analyzes the theoretical possibility of ventricular fibrillation (VF) induction by TASER currents.
  • Keywords
    Current density; Fibrillation; Law enforcement; Muscles; Neuromuscular; Probes; Propagation losses; Skin; Voltage; Weapons; Arrhythmia; Cardiac; Fibrillation; Modeling; TASER; Computer Simulation; Electric Stimulation; Electromagnetic Fields; Heart Conduction System; Humans; Models, Cardiovascular; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Ventricular Fibrillation; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1814-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650501
  • Filename
    4650501
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3085682