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Is It Advisable To Stop Pacemaker With A Magnet If It Gives Shocks To The Patient?

should-a-person-stop-a-pacemaker-with-a-magnet if it keeps on shocking the patient. my partner recently experienced 36 shocks in 1.5 hours due to AF setting off the ICD. The nurse in A & E put a magnet over the device and it stopped. Is this something I can buy
Wed, 19 Apr 2017
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hi!, its not advicible to do something like that on your own. I would advice you to get you pacemake programing done an look into the cause of repeated shocks. There is possibility of correctable cause, one of them is muscle twitching, which ICD would falsely detect it as arrhythmias & deliver shock. its better if you can consult - as it is dangerious and very uncomfortable for the patient.
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Is It Advisable To Stop Pacemaker With A Magnet If It Gives Shocks To The Patient?

hi!, its not advicible to do something like that on your own. I would advice you to get you pacemake programing done an look into the cause of repeated shocks. There is possibility of correctable cause, one of them is muscle twitching, which ICD would falsely detect it as arrhythmias & deliver shock. its better if you can consult - as it is dangerious and very uncomfortable for the patient.