SparV
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Thanks Teacher for that! Our Heart thread has gotten very large over the years!!
Have a great week.
Ralph
See you on the road and travel safe.
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sawdust_128 wrote:I have asked this question on the forum before with absolutely no response. I ask now within this thread:
Is anyone else using the Latitude Patient Monitoring device in conjunction with their pacemaker/defibrilator implant (Guidant)?
Thanks.
I just did a download/software upgrade with my Medtronic Carelink last Tuesday. The Carelink uses a landline, "mouse" type sensor and modem to a internet message center that my Doctors at Krannert(Indiana University) Institute of Cardiology monitor.
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Scottiemom
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Also of use to those of you traveling with a Medtronic Device is their Traveling with your Device website. Invaluable help in finding a doctor close to where you are at that is familiar with your device.
Also, DH's doctor gives us a copy of his last printout which shows all the detail downloaded during the latest visit, plus it shows the entire setup on his device. We keep this in his medical file in case we have trouble on the road.
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Thanks Terry and Dale for keeping this thread up-dated,the link, and information. Also, thanks again for the great support you gave us in 2006 when we had a scare. (and thankfully, changed to another Cardiologist). January's check up was good, so we're good to go until the check up in July.
SparV, thank you too. This is one of the most inspirational and informative threads on the forum.
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Glad to hear all is going well, Marta. And great that a new doctor is helping! Stay well!
Dale
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SparV
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Thanks dale for the info!
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SparV
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Thanks Finally I apprecate your comment.
This thread has been great!
Ralph
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yep, cardiomyoptmophy and i have a pace maker
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I received the following and thought you all might find it of interest. Sorry I don't have an official link to it, but thought it more usefule as is than not. This may be worth sharing with others.
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SELF CPR
What are you to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone.
If you've already received this, it means people care about you ...
The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually discovered this
And did an in-depth study on it in our ICU The two individuals that
Discovered this then did an article on it .. Had it published and have Even had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.
It is very true and has and does work. It is called cough CPR. A cardiologist says it's the truth ... For your info ...
Read This...It could save your life! Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. And you're driving home (alone of course), after an usually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course, didn't tell you what to do if it happened to yourself.
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack ,
tThis article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person
whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint,
has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!
From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter 'AND THE BEAT GOES ON ..'
(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. Publication, Heart Response)
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parisroady
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Anyone seen this result on an Echo:
EF rate is 70, heart is not relaxing between beats.
What was your treatment for this condition?
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