title: Shock therapy. How donut magnets can suspend inappropriate ICD shocks.
abstract: EMS crews encounter implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) daily, but these encounters rarely involve ICDs firing repeatedly on an awake, alert and understandably frightened individual. But that's exactly what happened when an EMS crew from Cottage Grove, Minn., responded to a man with a known heart condition who reported that his implantable defibrillator was firing inappropriately.
authors.affiliation: EMS Program, Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services, St. Paul, Minn., USA. ralph.j.frascone@healthpartners.com
authors.forename: Rj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frascone
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salzman
authors.forename: Kent
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunbar
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*