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著者:Philip M. Buttaravoli and Kevin J. Brochu
 
Abstract
Conducted electricity weapons (CEW) include projectile-based devices (TASER) or proximity devices (stun gun). This chapter discusses removal of embedded darts, the risk of cardiac dysrhythmia, and the need to screen for injuries from falls during incapacitation.
 
Keywords
barbed darts
CEW
CEW exposure
conducted electrical weapon
dart injury
dart removal
dysrhythmias
electrocution
excited delirium syndrome
ExDS
fall injury
less-lethal weapon
patient incapacitation
stun gun
TASER
unbraced fall
underlying reason for being tasered
unprotected fall

Presentation  
    A patient is brought in by police officers after being subdued with a Taser. A Taser is a type of conducted electrical weapon (CEW) that fires two barbed darts using a compressed nitrogen charge. The darts penetrate light clothing and embed in the skin. Electricity is conducted through fine insulated copper wires, resulting in neuromuscular incapacitation.
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