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Thread #126345   Message #2832318
Posted By: Jeri
07-Feb-10 - 03:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Curmudgeon's Medical Woes - Winter 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Medical Woes - Winter 2010
A defibrillator is for emergencies. It's an internal version of the thing with the paddles and the electricity that doctors and EMTs slap on people and yell 'CLEAR'.

It is NOT a pacemaker.

I think Tom's was read when he went into the hospital and he hadn't been having a problem with it.