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To the Editor: The question of the safety of the use of "stun guns" by law-enforcement agencies has been raised in the news.¹ Deaths after discharges from such devices (Tasers) have been reported, although no definite causative link between death and the use of a stun gun has been made.^2,3

An adolescent was subdued with a Taser stun gun and subsequently collapsed. Paramedics found the adolescent to be in ventricular fibrillation (Figure 1A) and began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation within two minutes after the collapse. After four shocks and the administration of epinephrine, atropine, and lidocaine, a perfusing rhythm . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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