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Hi Karin, welcome to connect,, Actually I have faced this question. I did have a pacemaker defibulator for many years prior to my Heart Transplant, At the time I worked at an agency that had portable defibrillators everywhere and wanted to know how to handle a possibly emergency. My EP Cardiologist told me Actually pacemakers are designed to shut down if a external defibrillator was in use and don't worry about it. If that ever happen we can reset the pacemaker after the event is over. I also had a fellow worker with afib who had a pacemaker also and did not have a built n in defibrillator but was converted a number of times and it did not affect the pacemaker. So you may want to ask your EP Cardiologist about that.
Hope that helps.
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Thank you for your response, it is helpful and leads me to the next resource which is the manufacturer of my pacer to understand it’s capabilities. Fortunately, I know who to call. I never considered the mechanism might have a fail safe built into it. My heart is strong as a muscle, and I have no other heart or vascular issues. It’s a strange thing to try to second guess my body and try to plan for care later in life. I know the Advance Directives help MD’s deal with families and satisfy lawyers mostly, but it’s not a bad thing to have to consider sickness in my body, and where we might go from here, and be grateful to the miracle of all it tries to do for me. I appreciate you reaching out to me, you have a great heart!