TASER Electronic Control Devices Review Of Safety Literature

0.0 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
In well over a century of medical, scientific, and electrical research there is no
support for speculations that the minimal amount of current and energy delivered
into a human body by a TASER ® ECD (electronic control device) discharge, or
discharges, is likely, or even medically or scientifically possible, to directly cause
clinically significant adverse effects, serious injury or death.
Q. Does a TASER ECD actually deliver 50,000 V (volts)
No. The TASER X26 ECD delivers an average 400 V in its short duration (100
µs) pulse. The older M26 did deliver a 5 kV peak. See Page 17.
Q. Does the TASER X26 actually deliver 26 watts of power to a subject
No. it is closer to 1.3 watts. See Page 17
Q. Has anyone actually been killed by a TASER ECD
No. The only deaths scientifically linked to an ECD were those of 6 resisting subjects
who indirectly sustained head injuries secondarily after ECD induced falls.
See Page 54.
Q. Is there any danger from an ECD to a person with a pacemaker or an implantable
defibrillator
In general, no. There is no risk with an implantable defibrillator. There is a theoretical
tiny risk for someone with certain older pacemaker models but no such
ECD induced injury has ever been recorded. See Page 48.
Q. How many human beings have taken a TASER ECD hit so far
About 1,400,000 as of July 2008. See Page 76.
Q, Is it true that TASER ECDs have more medical testing than a pacemaker
Yes. A new type of cardiac pacemaker is tested on 30-60 patients before it is
sold. The TASER X26 was tested on 300 people before the first one was sold.
See Page 48.
Q. Are long duration ECD exposures or simultaneous ECD multiple hits more
dangerous
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