Is it 60? I was thinking 10 for some reason.nitrogen wrote:it takes about 60mA, but you have to get that shock across a specific set of nerves in the heart or neck. I cant remember the names, as my Anatomy fails me now.
anything above 200mA muscle contractions can be so strng that the heart can't do anything at all.
The Taser is designed to be 5,000v@ 3mA, so under most circumstances it should not stop the heart.
Now I'm not a doctor, I'm just a guy who at one time was a trained EMT, so I'm sure there's more information than what I just gave.
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- Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:50 pm
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Re: Another Taser Death Raises Eyebrows To New Levels
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:42 pm
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Re: Another Taser Death Raises Eyebrows To New Levels
It only takes a hundreth of an amp passing through someone's heart to stop it. (That's not much). Don't tasers puncture the skin? It's not unreasonable to expect people to enter cardiac arrest occasionally, especially if the leads end up on opposite sides of the heart. Anything capable of electrocuting the body is potentially deadly.