Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012

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. 2024 Apr 1;184(4):440-443.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012.

Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

Emma M Achola¹, Kevin N Griffith^{1

2}, Jesse O Wrenn³, Carmen R Mitchell⁴, Dawn Schwartz¹, Christianne L Roumie^{1

5

6}

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¹ Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center, Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
⁵ VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Nashville.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

PMID: 38315481
PMCID: PMC10845035 (available on 2025-02-05)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012

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Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

Emma M Achola et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 1;184(4):440-443.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012.

Authors

Emma M Achola¹, Kevin N Griffith^{1

2}, Jesse O Wrenn³, Carmen R Mitchell⁴, Dawn Schwartz¹, Christianne L Roumie^{1

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center, Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
⁵ VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Nashville.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

PMID: 38315481
PMCID: PMC10845035 (available on 2025-02-05)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8012

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This cross-sectional study evaluates emergency department visits for physical injuries from use of conducted energy devices by police departments.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Communities Reverberate From the Harm by Law Enforcement to Unarmed Black Persons.
Corbie G, Durant RW, Katz MH. Corbie G, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Apr 1;184(4):373-374. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8002. JAMA Intern Med. 2024. PMID: 38315467 No abstract available.

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[1] Government Accountability Office . Taser weapons: use of tasers by selected law enforcement agencies. 2005. Accessed August 2, 2023. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-05-464.pdf

[2] Government Accountability Office . Taser weapons: use of tasers by selected law enforcement agencies. 2005. Accessed August 2, 2023. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-05-464.pdf

[3] Owens PL, Barrett ML, Gibson TB, Andrews RM, Weinick RM, Mutter RL. Emergency department care in the United States: a profile of national data sources. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56(2):150-165. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.022 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Owens PL, Barrett ML, Gibson TB, Andrews RM, Weinick RM, Mutter RL. Emergency department care in the United States: a profile of national data sources. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56(2):150-165. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.022 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Baker SP, O’Neill B, Haddon W Jr, Long WB. The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care. J Trauma. 1974;14(3):187-196. doi:10.1097/00005373-197403000-00001 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Baker SP, O’Neill B, Haddon W Jr, Long WB. The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care. J Trauma. 1974;14(3):187-196. doi:10.1097/00005373-197403000-00001 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Stevenson M, Segui-Gomez M, Lescohier I, Di Scala C, McDonald-Smith G. An overview of the Injury Severity Score and the new Injury Severity Score. Inj Prev. 2001;7(1):10-13. doi:10.1136/ip.7.1.10 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Stevenson M, Segui-Gomez M, Lescohier I, Di Scala C, McDonald-Smith G. An overview of the Injury Severity Score and the new Injury Severity Score. Inj Prev. 2001;7(1):10-13. doi:10.1136/ip.7.1.10 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Motley RO Jr, Joe S. Police use of force by ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic class. J Soc Social Work Res. 2018;9(1):49-67. doi:10.1086/696355 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Motley RO Jr, Joe S. Police use of force by ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic class. J Soc Social Work Res. 2018;9(1):49-67. doi:10.1086/696355 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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