Electrical Weapons and Electrophysiology

Drs. Barbhaiya and Johar wrote excellent expositions on the first documented case of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock due to conducted electrical weapon (CEW) discharges ([1][1],[2][2]). To appreciate the rarity of the event, there have been more than 4 million field uses of

[1]  M. Kroll,et al.  Benefits, Risks, and Myths of TASER® Handheld Electrical Weapons , 2019, Human Factors and Mechanical Engineering for Defense and Safety.

[2]  S. Johar.  A Shocking Tale∗ , 2020, JACC. Case reports.

[3]  Eric L. Sevigny,et al.  The Influence of Agency Policies on Conducted Energy Device Use and Police Use of Lethal Force , 2014 .

[4]  D. P. Zipes.  Response to kroll et al , 2014 .

[5]  T. Rea,et al.  Out-of-hospital care of critical drug overdoses involving cardiac arrest. , 2004, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

[6]  M. Kroll,et al.  TASER conducted electrical weapons and implanted pacemakers and defibrillators , 2009, 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.