ArticleFrontiers in physiology2013
Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees.
Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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
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- Uncovering Diaphragm Cramp in SIDS and Other Sudden Unexpected Deaths.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The physiologic effects of a new generation conducted electrical weapon on human volunteers at rest.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2020Observational
- A comparative brief on conducted electrical weapon safety.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2019Review
- Blood lactate concentration after exposure to conducted energy weapons (including TASER® devices): is it clinically relevant?Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Review
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Abstract
objectiveLaw enforcement represents a large population of workers who may be exposed to electronic control devices (ECDs). Little is known about the potential effect of exposure to these devices on respiration or cardiovascular response during current discharge.
methodsParticipants (N = 23) were trainees exposed to 5 s of an ECD (Taser X26(®)) as a component of training. Trainees were asked to volitionally inhale during exposure. Respiratory recordings involved a continuous waveform recorded throughout the session including during the exposure period. Heart rate was calculated from a continuous pulse oximetry recording.
resultsThe exposure period resulted in the cessation of normal breathing patterns in all participants and in particular a decrease in inspiratory activity. No significant changes in heart rate during ECD exposure were found.
conclusionThis is the first study to examine breathing patterns during ECD exposure with the resolution to detect changes over this discrete period of time. In contrast to reports suggesting respiration is unaffected by ECDs, present evidence suggests that voluntary inspiration is severely compromised. There is no evidence of cardiac disruption during ECD exposure.
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