Abstract:
:The use of electronic control devices has expanded worldwide during the last few years, the most widely used model being the Taser. However, the scientific knowledge about electronic control devices remains limited. We reviewed the medical literature to examine the potential implications of electronic devices in terms of morbidity and mortality, and to identify and evaluate all the existing experimental human studies. A single exposure of an electronic control device on healthy individuals can be assumed to be generally safe, according to 23 prospective human experimental studies and numerous volunteer exposures. In case series, however, electronic control devices could have deleterious effects when used in the field, in particular if persons receive multiple exposures, are intoxicated, show signs of "excited delirium," or present with medical comorbidities. As the use of electronic control devices continues to increase, the controversy about its safety, notably in potentially high-risk individuals, is still a matter of debate. The complications of electronic control device exposure are numerous but often recognizable, usually resulting from barbed dart injuries or from falls. Persons exposed to electronic control devices should therefore be fully examined, and traumatic lesions must be ruled out.
journal_name
Ann Emerg Medjournal_title
Annals of emergency medicineauthors
Pasquier M,Carron PN,Vallotton L,Yersin Bdoi
10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.01.023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-08-01 00:00:00pages
178-88issue
2eissn
0196-0644issn
1097-6760pii
S0196-0644(11)00100-4journal_volume
58pub_type
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更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
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更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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