Hypertension in children and adolescents

A Bocelli, P Ballo - CMAJ, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
343 tasers. 1 Essentially every implication of the editorial was either erroneous or
misleading. Only 4 of the 16 references were from the medical literature; most of the rest …

TASER safety

MW Kroll, H Calkins, RM Luceri, MA Graham… - CMAJ, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
The authors asked how we can resolve the conflicting experimental findings. 1 The answer
has been known since 1936: it is far easier to cause ventricular fibrillation in a small swine …

[PDF][PDF] Cardiovascular risk and the Taser®: a review of the recent literature

MD Sztajnkrycer - ACEP Section of Tactical Emergency Medicine …, 2005 - charlydmiller.com
Although credited with saving hundreds to thousands of lives, controversy exists regarding
an increasing number of deaths temporally associated with TASER® use [1, 2, 3, 4] …

Is there an association between physical punishment in childhood and physical health in adulthood?

RP Berger, AJ Zolotor - Pediatrics, 2013 - publications.aap.org
Since the landmark study on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), 1 there has been a
growing interest in the relationship between ACEs and physical health. ACEs are associated …

Medical implications of the Taser

J Payne-James, B Sheridan, G Smith - BMJ, 2010 - bmj.com
Several tactical options are available to police officers facing potentially aggressive or
violent people or those with acute behavioural disturbance. The less lethal options include …

173: Physiologic Effects of the TASER on Human Subjects After Exercise

GM Vilke, C Sloane, AC Suffecool… - Annals of …, 2007 - annemergmed.com
Study Objectives The TASER X26 is reported to be used by many police agencies in the
United States. This purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a single TASER …

Withdrawal of taser electroshock devices: too much, too soon

WP Bozeman - Annals of emergency medicine, 2005 - annemergmed.com
A 19-year-old man presented to our emergency department with bilateral calcaneal
fractures. Two days before, he injured himself ''free walking,''which he described as ''jumping …

TASER device-induced rhabdomyolysis is unlikely

JD Ho, DM Dawes - Journal of emergency medicine, 2011 - jem-journal.com
We read with interest the Case Report by Sanford and colleagues of two subjects subdued
by TASER devices (1). We believe that this Clinical Communication reports correctly that, in …

Physiologic effects of the TASER after exercise

GM Vilke, CM Sloane, A Suffecool… - Academic …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Incidents of sudden death following TASER exposure are poorly studied, and
substantive links between TASER exposure and sudden death are minimal. The authors …

Despite new regulations, caution a must when baby walkers are used.

W James - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association journal, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several organizations, induding the CMA and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), have
already urged Ottawa to ban baby walkers because of the possible dangers theypose for …