Ventricular Fibrillation after Stun-Gun Discharge
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 353 (9) , 958-959
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc051625
Abstract
The question of the safety of the use of “stun guns” by law-enforcement agencies has been raised in the news.1 Deaths after discharges from such devices (Tasers) have been reported, although no definite causative link between death and the use of a stun gun has been made.2,3Keywords
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