Interrogating a Pacemaker
May 30, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Dr. ibear at Doc Around The Clock has a great sense of humor. Check out what he’s thinking when a heart patient comes into his emergency department.
Every once in a while when working the ED, we have a patient come in where we question whether or not their pacemaker is functioning correctly. In these instances we call the cardiology department and ask them to come down and interrogate the pacemaker. This is basically a technique where the pacemaker is checked via a computer to see if it is pacing the heart correctly and appropriately. Using the word interrogate in reference to an inanimate object always strikes me as funny. I always imagine the interrogator taking the pacemaker into an enclosed, darkened room, with nothing but a bright light shining on the device in question..
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