Dödsfall vid ingripande – en vetenskaplig studie

This section deals with sudden death in agitated individuals during arrest by law enforcement. Staff at the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine and the Swedish Poison Information Centre have been examining deaths in connection with interventions in Sweden for over 30 years. The study, published in the scientific journal Journal of Forensic Sciences, is the largest in the world to report on national level sampling from emergency care on people who have died while being restrained. The results give the researchers new clues – and a possible explanation – as to why some arrests tragically end in death.