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Study: TASER Shocks May Cause Fatal Heart Attacks

Loaded on April 15, 2014 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News April, 2014, page 34
Filed under: Cardiovascular, Stun Guns/Tasers, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police). Location: United States of America.

by Matt Clarke

A study involving eight people who lost consciousness immediately after being shocked by a TASER X26 – the most common electronic control device (ECD) used by police, corrections agencies and the military – concluded that ECD shocks can induce fatal cardiac arrest by causing cardiac “capture” …

 

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