My mother and father are "wintering" in the Florida Keys. They took a side trip to Key West for a few days. My dad (67yrs old, HCM (end stage),Pacer dependent, Bi-Ventricular pacer/ICD-GEM III) was in a swimming pool. He was standing on a metal plate that was on the bottom of the pool and reached over to touch the side of the pool. There was an under water light mounted in the pool. When my father touched the light he felt a shock though his body. He did not pass out. He was shaken and left the pool and returned to his room. He called Medtronic and said - I think my device just fired but I am not sure. He was feeling well but did have a few PVC's and some pacing of his diaphram. He then called me.We chatted and he was feeling OK, so he did not run back up the Keys to Miami to the closest hospital that could read his device. The next day he made the trip to Miami. It was recoreded that his device did fire in the pool. It appears that the shock from the light was so strong and he was standing on the metal that he acted a "ground" for the electricity.
This could have been a very bad story, but at this time it appears that all will be OK.
The Inn they were staying at is being difficult at this time and refuse to admit that the light in the pool is faulty. ICD or not that is out right dangerous! As you can imagine - we will be working on that matter!
So according to the Medtronic reps "they had never seen that happen before"...so this is why I say...It must have happened to a member of my "abnormally normal" family!
Lisa
This could have been a very bad story, but at this time it appears that all will be OK.
The Inn they were staying at is being difficult at this time and refuse to admit that the light in the pool is faulty. ICD or not that is out right dangerous! As you can imagine - we will be working on that matter!
So according to the Medtronic reps "they had never seen that happen before"...so this is why I say...It must have happened to a member of my "abnormally normal" family!
Lisa
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