ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2010
The cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic effects of a long duration electronic control device exposure in human volunteers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Human Health Risks of Conducted Electrical Weapon Exposure: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- Adrenergic and metabolic effects of electrical weapons: review and meta-analysis of human data.International journal of legal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Cardiac and skeletal muscle effects of electrical weapons : A review of human and animal studies.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2018Pooled it
- Emergency department medical care during civil unrest: a narrative review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Review
- A comparative brief on conducted electrical weapon safety.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2019Review
- Electrical weapons and excited delirium: shocks, stress, and serum serotonin.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2018Article
- Electromuscular incapacitating devices discharge and risk of severe bradycardia.The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology · 2015Article
- Exposures of Sus scrofa to a TASER(®) conducted electrical weapon: no effects on 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis patterns of plasma proteins.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2014Article
- Incapacitation recovery times from a conductive electrical weapon exposure.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2014Article
- Effects of a TASER® conducted energy weapon on the circulating red-blood-cell population and other factors in Sus scrofa.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Article
- Blood lactate concentration after exposure to conducted energy weapons (including TASER® devices): is it clinically relevant?Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Review
- An evaluation of two conducted electrical weapons and two probe designs using a swine comparative cardiac safety model.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Article
- Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees.Frontiers in physiology · 2013Article
- Stun gun induced myotendinous injury of the iliopsoas and gluteus minimus.Skeletal radiology · 2011Article
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Abstract
Electronic control devices (ECD) have become popular in law enforcement because they have filled a gap left by other law enforcement devices, tactics, or tools and have been shown to reduce officer and suspect injuries. Civilians are using the same technology for defensive purposes. TASER C2 is the latest generation civilian-marketed device from the manufacturer. Unlike the law enforcement devices, the device discharges for 30 s continuously. This study is the first to look at the cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic effects of this device on human subjects. This was a prospective, observational study of human subjects involved in a training course. Subjects were exposed for 30 s on the anterior thorax. Vital signs, ECG, troponin I, pH, lactate, and creatine kinase (CK) were measured before and immediately after the exposure. Troponin I, pH, lactate, and CK were measured again 24 h after the exposure. Continuous spirometry was used to evaluate the respiratory effects. Echocardiography was also performed before, during, and immediately after the exposure to determine heart rate and rhythm. Eleven subjects completed the study. There were no clinically important electrocardiogram changes and no positive troponins. Spirometry showed an increase in minute ventilation during the exposure. There was no important change in CK at 24 h. Lactate was slightly higher and pH was slightly lower after the exposure, but similar to the effects of physical exertion. Echocardiography was performed in 6 subjects. In half of these subjects, the rhythm was determined to be "sinus" and in the other half the rhythm was indeterminant. In our study, the civilian device caused a mild lactic acidosis. No other important physiologic effects were found.
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