Hi i was admitted to hospital a few days ago (am home now) with chest pains I won't go into medical details but the cardiac doctor who saw me said they want to put me to sleep then deliberately shock me to bring my heart back into rhythm now I've always tried to avoid shocks so was wondering is this really a good idea? I know it's DC from a bank of condensers and not 50 cycle mains but all the same I'm not keen
My father had the same thing done a few years back. He was involved in a motorcycle accident where the bike came to a sudden halt at speed, he went over the handlebars and the bike followed through and hit him on the chest as he was lying on the ground. The impact was enough to knock his heart out of rhythm (so the doc said) so any physical exertion would result in him becoming out of breath and exhausted very quickly, even walking up stairs was a chore!
He went into hospital and had his heart stopped and then restarted to put it back into rhythm and he's been right as rain ever since!
BTW can you email or PM me please as I have something for you... ?
My father had the same thing done a few years back. He was involved in a motorcycle accident where the bike came to a sudden halt at speed, he went over the handlebars and the bike followed through and hit him on the chest as he was lying on the ground. The impact was enough to knock his heart out of rhythm (so the doc said) so any physical exertion would result in him becoming out of breath and exhausted very quickly, even walking up stairs was a chore!
He went into hospital and had his heart stopped and then restarted to put it back into rhythm and he's been right as rain ever since!
BTW can you email or PM me please as I have something for you... ?
