The power of a Taser is not sufficient for the electricity to run any more than skin deep.

What happens if a taser hits you in the face. Very often they dont. A taser essentially stuns you hence the moniker stun gun You can expect to feel just a total loss of muscle tone and the inability to move anything for a brief period of time says Corey Slovis MD chairman of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as medical director for the Nashville fire department and airport. This assault on a cells genetic programming can kill the cell cease it from dividing or induce a cancerous mutation.

This process has a direct effect on a persons nerve. But the Taser is not infallible. With 50 to 60 pulses per second tasers can induce sustained muscle contractions or a tetanus.

In 2001 Taser International developed its Advanced Taser Electro-Mucular Disruption systems which introduced tasers with a stronger charge that reaches and synchronizes with the activity of motor nerves lodged deep in muscle tissue. If taser darts are shot into a standing persons thigh at 10 inches apart and from a distance of six feet away the leg will be locked into a flexed position and the person will be unable to continue to stand. Otherwise you will be left unscathed.

Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and influence TV recommendations. If youve been hit by a taser with barbs make sure you keep the puncture wounds clean counsels Alberta Health Services in Canada. The shock temporarily subdues the individual causing them pain and muscle contractions.

Studies show that within 1-2 seconds a person can cover that distance and stab an officer. By running within the skin and a bit deeper the electricity can exert maximum effect on the pain receptors it hurts like a b and motor neurons causing the classic lockingspasm of the muscles. The darts are connected to wires that deliver 50000 volts of electrical current for five seconds.

Studies also indicate that on average Tasers work to incapacitate or cause a resistant subject to submit to arrest between 53-70 of the time. The American Academy of Otolaryngology says that when a ball hits your upper face it can fracture the delicate bones around the sinuses and eye sockets sometimes resulting in vision loss. Slow Mo Guys went to Arizona to capture on video what really happens when a taser hits the skin in slow motion.