Citation

Tyagi AC, Gill A, Felton B. Clin. Pract. Cases Emerg. Med. 2017; 1(4): 319-322.

Affiliation

Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lansing, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine)

DOI

10.5811/cpcem.2017.7.33508

PMID

29849357

PMCID

PMC5965204

Abstract

A conducted electrical device (CED), usually Taser®, is commonly used by law enforcement officers to aid in the incapacitation of subjects. While CEDs are considered "safe" for use on subjects, adverse events may rarely occur. We report a case of a 23-year-old male presenting with severe back pain following deployment of a CED with resulting acute compression fractures of the thoracic sixth, seventh, and eighth vertebral bodies. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the third case of traumatic injury from CED discharge to be reported in the literature since 1995.

Language: en