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Vanmeenen KM, Lavietes MH, Cherniack NS, et al. Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees. Front Physiol. 2013;4:78doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00078.
Vanmeenen, K. M., Lavietes, M. H., Cherniack, N. S., Bergen, M. T., Teichman, R., & Servatius, R. J. (2013). Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees. Frontiers in physiology, 478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00078
Vanmeenen, Kirsten M, et al. "Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees." Frontiers in physiology vol. 4 (2013): 78. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00078
Vanmeenen KM, Lavietes MH, Cherniack NS, Bergen MT, Teichman R, Servatius RJ. Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees. Front Physiol. 2013 Apr 18;4:78. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00078. eCollection 2013. PMID: 23616772; PMCID: PMC3629983.
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Front Physiol. 2013 Apr 18;4:78. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00078. eCollection 2013.

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Response during Electronic Control Device Exposure in Law Enforcement Trainees.

Frontiers in physiology

Kirsten M Vanmeenen, Marc H Lavietes, Neil S Cherniack, Michael T Bergen, Ronald Teichman, Richard J Servatius

Affiliations

  1. Stress and Motivated Behavior Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Newark, NJ, USA ; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Jersey Health Care System East Orange, NJ, USA.

PMID: 23616772 PMCID: PMC3629983 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00078

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Law enforcement represents a large population of workers who may be exposed to electronic control devices (ECDs). Little is known about the potential effect of exposure to these devices on respiration or cardiovascular response during current discharge.

METHODS: Participants (N = 23) were trainees exposed to 5 s of an ECD (Taser X26(®)) as a component of training. Trainees were asked to volitionally inhale during exposure. Respiratory recordings involved a continuous waveform recorded throughout the session including during the exposure period. Heart rate was calculated from a continuous pulse oximetry recording.

RESULTS: The exposure period resulted in the cessation of normal breathing patterns in all participants and in particular a decrease in inspiratory activity. No significant changes in heart rate during ECD exposure were found.

CONCLUSION: This is the first study to examine breathing patterns during ECD exposure with the resolution to detect changes over this discrete period of time. In contrast to reports suggesting respiration is unaffected by ECDs, present evidence suggests that voluntary inspiration is severely compromised. There is no evidence of cardiac disruption during ECD exposure.

Keywords: TASER X26®; electronic control device; heart rate; respiration

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