@article{ref1,
title="Injuries from legal interventions involving conducted energy devices",
journal="JAMA internal medicine",
year="2024",
author="Achola, Emma M. and Griffith, Kevin N. and Wrenn, Jesse O. and Mitchell, Carmen R. and Schwartz, Dawn and Roumie, Christianne L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<p>Police departments use conducted energy devices (CEDs), such as TASERs (TASER Self-Defense), as less lethal alternatives to firearms. With CEDs, compressed nitrogen charges propel metal barbs with wires that implant into the target. Electrical pulses up to 50 000 V are transmitted through barbs, causing incapacitation and loss of neuromuscular control.1 In 2019, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes were added to indicate CED use by law enforcement. We evaluated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with law enforcement–related CED injuries.</p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-6106",
doi="10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012"
}