Medical Care in a Police Intervention with Conducted Electrical Weapons: Zaragoza (Spain) Fire Department Protocol

• Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 639 - 644
• Main Authors: Cester-Martínez, Armando, Serrano-Lasaosa, Leticia, Borraz-Clares, Diego
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.10.2021; Jems Publishing Company, Inc
• Subjects: Cardiac arrest; Electric currents; Electrodes; Emergency medical care; Fire departments; Firearms; Fires; Health care; Nervous system; Nonlethal weapons; Police; Special Report; Weapons; United States > US; Spain; police; physical restraint; conducted electrical weapon; TASER injury; Emergency Medical Services

In the last decade, conducted electrical weapons (CEWs) have become a new tool for law enforcement agencies as an alternative to firearms. They provide security in the intervention for both the police and the citizen and try to cause the least possible harm to the subject to immobilize. The health c...