RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ventricular fibrillation in a man shot with a Taser
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 645
OP 646
DO 10.1136/emj.2009.088468
VO 27
IS 8
A1 Rosanne S Naunheim
A1 Matthew Treaster
A1 Chandra Aubin
YR 2010
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/8/645.abstract
AB Controversy exists concerning the lethality of Tasers. These are conducted electrical weapons which incapacitate subjects by delivering an electrical charge that causes diffuse muscle contraction. In North America, over 440 deaths have been reported immediately following Taser use. Taser International has recently suggested that Tasers should not be aimed at the chest, although there is no conclusive proof that a discharge over the heart would cause an arrhythmia. The case history is presented of a young man who was shot in the chest by a Taser and presented to the emergency department in ventricular fibrillation.