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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wu, Jiun-Yan
• Sun, Hongyu
• O'Rourke, Ann P.
• Huebner, Shane M.
• Rahko, Peter S.
• Will, James A.
• Webster, John G.

Titel

Taser Blunt Probe Dart-To-Heart Distance Causing Ventricular Fibrillation in Pigs

Ist Teil von

• IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, 2008-12, Vol.55 (12), p.2768-2771

Ort / Verlag

United States: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Link zum Volltext

• IEEE_Xplore

Quelle

IEEE Explore

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The maximum distance between the heart and a model Taser stimulation dart, called the dart-to-heart distance, at which the Taser can directly cause ventricular fibrillation (VF), was measured in pigs. A 9-mm-long blunt probe was advanced snugly through the surrounding tissues toward the heart. Five animals [pig mass = 61.2plusmn6.23 standard deviation (SD) kg] for ten dart-to-heart distances where the Taser caused VF were tested. The dart-to-heart distances where the Taser caused VF of the first stimulation site ranged from 4 to 8 mm with average 6.2 mmplusmn1.79 (SD) and of the second stimulation site ranged from 2 to 8 mm with average 5.4 mmplusmn2.41 (SD). The results help inform the evolving discussion of risks associated with Tasers.