The Problem of Police-Related Cardiac Arrest

• Published in: Journal of forensic and legal medicine Vol. 41; pp. 36 - 41
• Main Author: Karch, Steven B., MD, FFFLM, FFFSoc, FAAFP
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2016; Churchill Livingstone Inc., Medical Publishers
• Subjects: Arrest related death; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - etiology; Asphyxia - etiology; Cardiomyopathies - complications; Cardiomyopathy; Channelopathies - complications; Channelopathy; Epidemiology; Forensic Sciences; Genetic resequencing; Heart Arrest - etiology; Humans; Negative autopsy; Pathology; Physical restraints; Police; Positional asphyxia; Prone Position; Prone positioning; Restraint, Physical - adverse effects; Substance-Related Disorders - complications; Suffocation; LVODT; Hemaglobin oxysaturation; MPRP; channelopathy; Long QT Syndrome; Cardiac Output; MVV; Maximal Prone Restraint Position; positional asphyxia; genetic resequencing; SaO2; Law Enforcement; Premature Ventricular Contraction; Sudden cardiac arrest; Sudden Death in Epileptics; SV; left Ventricular Outflow Tract; Pulseless Electrical Activity; CI; Bureau of Justice Statistics, Cardiac Index; CO; PEA; LQT; Stroke Volume; ARD; Arrest related death; Confidence Interval; SUDEP; SCD; prone positioning; negative autopsy; LE; Maximal Voluntary Ventilation; PVC; BJD; Positional asphyxia; Channelopathy; Genetic resequencing; Prone positioning; Negative autopsy

The term “positional asphyxia” was originally used to describe the situation in which the upper airways becomes compromised by sharp angulation of the head or neck, or where the chest wall is splinted and the diaphragm is prevented from moving because of an unusual position of the body. The term was...