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TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons: Physiology, Pathology, and Law

TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons are rapidly replacing the club for law-enforcement control of violent subjects within many countries around the globe. A TASER® CEW is a hand-held device that delivers a 400-volt pulse with a duration tuned to control the skeletal muscles without affecting the hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kroll, Mark W. (Editor ), Ho, Jeffrey D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conducted Electrical Weapons: A User's Perspective
  • The Scientific History
  • Conducted Electrical Weapons and Resolution of Use-of-Force Encounters
  • Nonlethal Weapons: The Broader Context
  • Transcutaneous Muscle Stimulation
  • Current Flow in the Human Body
  • Animal Studies
  • CEW Research Models: Animal and Human Studies
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Electrocardiographic Effects of the CEW
  • Serum and Skin Effects of CEW Application
  • Echocardiographic Effects of the CEW
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Effects of CEWs on Respiration
  • Neuroendocrine Effects of CEWs
  • Electroporation of Cardiac and Nerve Cells
  • Eye and Head Injuries
  • CEW Effects with Illegal Stimulant Intoxication
  • Alcohol and the CEW
  • Conducted Electrical Weapons and Implantable Cardiac Devices
  • Risk Management and the CEW
  • The New York City Experience
  • Impact of CEW and Other Types of Force and Resistance on Officer and Suspect Injuries
  • Field Statistics Overview
  • Sudden In-Custody Death
  • Stimulant Abuse and Sudden Cardiac Death
  • The Systemic Role of Illicit Drugs and Their Toxicology
  • Excited Delirium Syndrome
  • Biochemical Brain Markers in Excited Delirium Deaths
  • Sudden Unexpected Death in Custody (SUDIC)
  • Legal Basics for the CEW
  • Science and Logic Meet the Law.