Tuesday, May 1, 2012

American Heart Association: Tasers can be cause of death

Scottsdale, AZ - An article just published by the American Heart Association's premier journal, Circulation, presents the first ever scientific, peer-reviewed evidence that tasers can cause cardiac arrest and death. ... The conclusions of Dr. Zipes' article, which looks at eight cases involving the Taser X26 states: "ECD stimulation can cause cardiac electric capture and provoke cardiac arrest resulting from ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation.  After prolonged ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation without resuscitation, asystole develops." ...[LINK]