Remembering to Re-Activate a Patients's Defibrillator (ICD)

Tags: arrhythmia  Defibrillator  FDA  ICD 

A recent FDA article in the journal "Nursing2008" describes the case of a patient who died, possibly of ventricular fibrillation, following elective surgery. This happened because after the procedure, his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) wasn't reactivated. ICDs are subject to...

O.R. BEHIND THE MASK - Implantable Cardio Defibrillator

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Tags: computer  health  medicine  science  tv 

Producer/Director/Writer: Joe Vertino Edit of O.R. BEHIND THE MASK - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillato. Scott J. Pollak M.D., Kevin D. Accola M.D. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a device that monitors heart rhythms, and delivers shocks if dangerous rhythms are detected....

Remembering to Re-Activate a Patients Defibrillator (Apr 08)

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  • Author: LawsuitGuru

Tags: CT  Defibrillator  FDA  Fibrillation  ICD  MRI  Ventricular 

A recent FDA article in the journal "Nursing2008" describes the case of a patient who died, possibly of ventricular fibrillation, following elective surgery. This happened because after the procedure, his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) wasn't reactivated. ICDs are subject to...

Recall of Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads (Dec. 2007)

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  • Author: LawsuitGuru

Tags: CRT-D  Defibrillator  FDA  Fidelis  ICD  Leads  Medtronic  Recall  Sprint 

Medtronic Inc. has stopped distributing Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads because of the possibility that these leads could fracture in a small percentage of patients. Although the leads continue to function properly in the vast majority of patients, if one does fracture, the defibrillator...

Automated Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator

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Tags: arrhythmia  defibrillator  disease  fibrillation  health  heart  ICD  surgery  tachycardia 

OR-Live.com webcast February 28th at 6:30 PM EST from Halifax Health Medical Center Halifax Health will present Florida's first live online Automated Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator case on Thursday, February 28, at 6:30 pm. A majority of the 200,000 -- 400,000 people that die suddenly in the...

Antonio Puerta [*]

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Tags: Antonio  Fc  football  in  Metch  Peace  Puerta  R.I.P  Rest  Sevilla  soccer  Spain  Spanish 

Antonio José Puerta Pérez (26 November 1984 -- 28 August 2007) was a Spanish international football midfielder. He played for Sevilla FC in La Liga. Affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, he died on 28 August 2007, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests...

Insight to Ignorance

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Tags: anna  arrest  arts  barry  cardiac  collapse  death  failure  health  heart  hooton  ICD  physical  rudnicki  science  visual 

My first ever movie which was done for college. It tells the story about when my boyfriend died for no reason at work and how glad I am to still have him. He had a device called an ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) surgically put into his chest and heart which shocks him when needed...

The Computer in Ron Council's Chest - TV Spot

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Tags: alabama  birmingham  Cardioverter  Defibrillator  failure  heart  hospital  ICD  Implantable  of  patient  stories  uab  university 

After suffering a massive heart attack a couple of years ago, Ron Council had a defibrillator pacemaker (an ICD -- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) implanted into his chest. See how UAB made this a reality.

Ron Council: Chapter 2 - Ron's ICD

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Tags: Cardioverter  congestive  Council  Defibrillator  failure  heart  Hospital  ICD  Implantable  patient  patients  Ron  stories  UAB 

Learn about Ron's experience with his ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator which has restarted his heart many times and given him a new lease on life.

Ron Council: Chapter 1 - New Lease on Life

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Tags: attack  Cardioverter  congestive  Council  Defibrillator  failure  heart  Hospital  ICD  patient  patients  Ron  stories  UAB 

Ron Council suffers from congestive heart failure (CHF). After suffering a massive heart attack, a life-saving defibrillator pacemaker (an ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) was implanted in his chest.

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