If the same is administered to his lower back, will it cause permanent damage to his neuro-muscular junctions in that area or the area of buttocks or sciatic nerve?
2006-11-27 14:59:56 · 7 answers · asked by stvenryn 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
It's very possible that a 65 year old who resists arrest could be "tased" for the safety of everyone involved. If that happens it would be a very emotionaly charged event that would induce a high level of stress.
Litterally hundreds of studies have been done on this topic and although the risk exists it's noty likely that it will be from the neuro-electrical shock, but the stress induced by the confrontation.
Also, you'll need to evealuate the overall health of the 65 year old. He could be in better shape than thousands of people half his age who have surviced this event.
2006-11-30 12:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you have not described the man being shocked, other than his age, the only reasonable answer is statistical in nature. If he is in good health, and you only shock him once, he has a good chance of a full recovery (>99%). Damage to the human body, from electric shock is a function of the current induced in the organs and tissue, as well as the frequency of oscillation (directional change) of the current. Charles Dalziel, a professor at Berkeley, did the most referenced study of current effects on human and animal subjects. He published a book, "The effects of electric shock on man." For DC -- which is the frequency a electroshock gun operates at -- his experiments suggest a 500mA current must pass through the heart for 3 seconds to cause possible heart fibrillation, but serious pain, as well as loss of muscle control is observed in the 50-100mA range. See here http://www.frontiernet.net/~hsweet/electronics/labs/shock.pdf. Tasers operate near the skin, and are therefore less dangerous. Wikipedia states Tasers operate in the 2-3mA range, and greater than 10mA is considered potentially lethal. I have also seen a reporter being stunned by a police officer, as a stunt to show how safe they are, on the news. He didn't look very happy after the incident. My advice is not to stun anyone you plan to see again!
2006-11-27 15:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Gdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been multiple studies on the Taser weapon, and they have been unable to induce so much as an arrythmia in healthy people. I can imagine that in someone with fixed lesions, the emotional anxiety related to the pain it induces could set off an arrythmic event.
The TENS (trans-epidermal neural stimulator) does not do any permanent damage to the nerves.
2006-11-27 15:04:31 · answer #3 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly... the heart muscles are stuimulated by electrical signals... sme goes for the nerves.... if you put shocks of low power voltage eletricity... it can jumpstart the heart in cases of heart arrest.... but... give too much... it can burn the skin and the muscles and also bring about cardiac arrest... same goes for the nerves... the sudden voltage can make your lower brain (part that controls breathing, respiration and homeostasis)into arrest... possibly killing you on the spot...
2006-11-27 15:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by AtsirkEiram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No to all...................
.............it'll kill him most likely
DUH-a 65 year OLD man, he is OLD, not young, OLD, so of course it'll give him a heart attack or kill him or something unless he is really unique in his ability for his body to be really strong and fight off the pain and shock of the taser
2006-11-27 15:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by DeadBunnyTM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly give him heart failure
2006-11-27 15:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This doesn't happen.
2006-11-27 15:35:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋