Death from law enforcement neck holds

Reay, Donald T.; Eisele, John W.

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“…Studies of Arrest-related Deaths Sudden deaths of civilians temporally proximate to interactions with law enforcement were described before use of CEWs. 17,18 Most reported subjects were agitated young males, often chronic and acute users of stimulant or psychoactive drugs, who collapsed while being restrained. [19][20][21][22][23] A recent European publication confirms the international nature of this problem.…”

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“…Deaths temporally related to use of CEWs have attracted attention from the media 2 and medical organizations. 3 Conducted electrical weapons deliver rapid electrical stimulation at frequency of [15][16][17][18][19][20] Hz to incapacitate subjects by causing contraction of skeletal muscles, 4 using either two tethered barbed-probe projectiles or two closely spaced electrodes on the cartridge of the hand-held unit (''drive-stun'' mode). In all reported animal experiments and clinical cases of cardiac arrests Figure 1.…”

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Presenting Rhythm in Sudden Deaths Temporally Proximate to Discharge of TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons

Swerdlow

Fishbein²,

Chaman³

et al. 2009

Academic Emergency Medicine

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Objectives: Sudden deaths proximate to use of conducted electrical weapons (CEWs) have been attributed to cardiac electrical stimulation. The rhythm in death caused by rapid, cardiac electrical stimulation usually is ventricular fibrillation (VF); electrical stimulation has not been reported to cause asystole or pulseless electrical activity (PEA). The authors studied the presenting rhythms in sudden deaths temporally proximate to use of TASER CEWs to estimate the likelihood that these deaths could be caused by cardiac electrical stimulation.Methods: This was a retrospective review of CEW-associated, nontraumatic sudden deaths from 2001 to 2008. Emergency medical services (EMS), autopsy, and law enforcement reports were requested and analyzed. Subjects were included if they collapsed within 15 minutes of CEW discharge and the first cardiac arrest rhythm was reported.Results: Records for 200 cases were received. The presenting rhythm was reported for 56 of 118 subjects who collapsed within 15 minutes (47%). The rhythm was VF in four subjects (7%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3% to 17%) and bradycardia-asystole or PEA in 52 subjects (93%; 95% CI = 83% to 97%). None of the eight subjects who collapsed during electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring had VF. Only one subject (2%) collapsed immediately after CEW discharge. This was the only death typical of electrically induced VF (2%, 95% CI = 0% to 9%). An additional 4 subjects (7%) collapsed within 1 minute, and the remaining 51 subjects (91%) collapsed more than 1 minute later. The time from collapse to first recorded rhythm was 3 minutes or less in 35 subjects (62%) and 5 minutes or less in 43 subjects (77%). Conclusions:In sudden deaths proximate to CEW discharge, immediate collapse is unusual, and VF is an uncommon VF presenting rhythm. Within study limitations, including selection bias and the possibility that VF terminated before the presenting rhythm was recorded, these data do not support electrically induced VF as a common mechanism of these sudden deaths.ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2009; 16:726-739 ª

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Presenting Rhythm in Sudden Deaths Temporally Proximate to Discharge of TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons

Swerdlow

Fishbein²,

Chaman³

et al. 2009

Academic Emergency Medicine

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“…Lesões graves ou mesmo a morte podem ocorrer durante a aplicação de um ML, em especial se houver movimento dos envolvidos durante sua execução e consequente compressão da região anterior do pescoço e da via aerea contra os ossos do antebraço 14 . Os dois primeiros casos bem documentados tecnicamente de morte durante estrangulamentos policiais de contenção foram observados nesta circunstância 15 . Além disto, pode haver reflexos exacerbados em alguns indivíduos como consequência da compressão dos seios carotídeos e dos nervos vagos, e caso haja hiperextensão cervical pode haver lesão das artérias vertebrais e hemorragia subaracnóidea 3 .…”

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Síndrome de Eagle Desencadeada por Estrangulamento Esportivo – Relato de Caso e Considerações Médico Legais

Fortes¹,

Bordoni²

2017

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Resumo. As asfixias por constrição do pescoço representam um dos tópicos mais complexos e controversos das ciências forenses, pois envolvem variados mecanismos de lesão, e os achados periciais são muitas vezes inespecíficos. Ainda que haja diferentes classificações, pode-se considerar que no estrangulamento a constrição cervical é produzida por força diversa do corpo da própria vítima, com ou sem o uso de um laço. Técnicas de estrangulamento utilizando regiões diversas dos membros superiores e inferiores são um componente importante da maior parte das artes marciais de contato, como o judô ou o jiujitsu, bem como de vários procedimentos de contenção utilizados por forças policiais e de segurança. Um processo estiloide (PE) do osso temporal alongado pode constituir uma condição clínica conhecida como Síndrome de Eagle (SE), caracterizada por sintomas diversos, que vão desde sensação de corpo estranho na faringe, cefaleia, dor cervical, dor faríngea, dor temporomandibular, disfagia, otalgia e até mesmo síncope e morte súbita.Como o alongamento do PE modifica as relações anatômicas desta estrutura com a laringe, com a faringe e com outras vísceras cervicais como vasos sanguíneos, a constrição de pescoço neste caso pode produzir achados diversos dos usualmente observados, conforme observado no caso em tela, o que destaca a importância de seu conhecimento para a correta interpretação dos eventuais achados periciais nesta situação.

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“…Si el mecanismo de la compresión del cuello es lateral (Carotid Sleeper), cuando se sitúa la laringe en el pliegue de flexión del codo y se flexiona el antebrazo, el mecanismo de muerte será la anoxia cefálica por compresión vascular y/o inhibición vagal. Si la compresión del cuello es anterior (Choke hold) aplicando el antebrazo sobre la laringe, el mecanismo de muerte será la obstrucción respiratoria [2]. Desde el punto de vista médico legal, lo más importante en los casos de estrangulación antebraquial es la ausencia de lesiones externas [2 y 3].…”

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Estrangulación antebraquial: A propósito de un caso

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RESUMENEl diagnóstico de estrangulación antebraquial suele presentar dificultades debido a las escasas lesiones, tanto externas como internas, que se objetivan, por lo que en ocasiones resulta difícil establecer este mecanismo asfíc-tico como responsable de la muerte.Al mismo tiempo, destaca la importancia de un diagnóstico adecuado por las implicaciones, casi siempre homicidas, que conlleva.Se presenta el caso de estrangulación antebraquial de una joven por su expareja, un varón invidente.Palabras clave: asfixia mecánica, estrangulación antebraquial, homicidio. Cuad Med Forense 2005; 11(42):287-292 ABSTRACTThe diagnosis of forearm strangulation use to be difficult because there's very few external and internal injuries. This is the reason of the problems to establish this type of asphyxia like death's cause.At the same time, it's important to establish a good diagnostic because the homicidal etiology is the the most frequently, with the legal consecuences that it implies.In this paper, wepresent the case of a forearm strangulation of a young woman by her ex-boyfriend, a blind man.

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Death from law enforcement neck holds

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Presenting Rhythm in Sudden Deaths Temporally Proximate to Discharge of TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons

Presenting Rhythm in Sudden Deaths Temporally Proximate to Discharge of TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons

Síndrome de Eagle Desencadeada por Estrangulamento Esportivo – Relato de Caso e Considerações Médico Legais

Estrangulación antebraquial: A propósito de un caso

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