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Sex: Women are more vulnerable to electric shock than men. [31] Other issues affecting lethality are frequency, which is an issue in causing cardiac arrest or muscular spasms. Very high frequency electric current causes tissue burning, but do not stimulate the nerves strongly enough to cause cardiac arrest (see electrosurgery). Also important ...
A 2012 study published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation found that Tasers can cause "ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac arrest and even death." [ 3 ] [ 13 ] In 2014, NAACP State Conference President Scot X. Esdaile and the Connecticut NAACP argued that Tasers cause lethal results. [ 14 ]
Fish & Geddes state: "Contact with 20 mA of low-frequency electrical current through the chest can be fatal". [14] The threshold electrical current RMS magnitude required to trigger cardiac arrest is well studied. [15] [16] The mechanism of cardiac arrest is typically ventricular fibrillation as opposed to ventricular asystole.
The underlying causes of sudden cardiac arrest can result from cardiac and non-cardiac etiologies. The most common underlying causes are different, depending on the patient's age. Common cardiac causes include coronary artery disease , non-atherosclerotic coronary artery abnormalities, structural heart damage, and inherited arrhythmias.
Involuntary contraction of muscles due to electrical interference which can cause bone fractures and dislocations. Interference with the electrical conductivity of organs such as the heart and nerves. This can lead to seizures, lung injury due to severe central nervous system damage, and cardiac arrest.
Aug. 4—High-profile cases of young athletes seemingly at the pinnacle of health collapsing on the court or field after sudden cardiac arrest underscores a hazard in high school, college and pro ...
A TASER device, with cartridge removed, making an electric spark between its two electrodes Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed. TASER (also variously "Taser" or "taser") is a brand of conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people by delivering an intense electric shock that briefly disrupts voluntary control of the muscles, allowing the person to be ...
Yopchick said the Oak Park Fire Department responded about 7:30 p.m. to the Ridgeland Green Line CTA station following reports that two people were electrocuted. They were traveling ...