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Scientist shocked by ICD at Copenhagen summit

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Henrik Svensmark is a 51 year old physicist who works for the Danish National Space Center located in Copenhagen, Denmark.

According to rightpundits.com, he is “one of the few scientific voices in the global warming debate who has actually done real research on the topic. His research has turned the global warming debate upside down, challenging global warming alarmists to put scientific discipline above passion.”

According to one report, “Viewers were informed he has a pacemaker, and that it turned on because his heart rate had slowed down.”

Who knew that being paced caused so much discomfort? Okay, I’m being sarcastic. I don’t have a reliable source to confirm that he was shocked by an ICD, but come on! A pacemaker?

As a side-note, I guess it really is like getting kicked in the chest by a horse!

You may recall the recent case of Belgian soccer player Anothony Van Loo whose life was saved by his ICD during a match.

*** Update 12/15/09 ***

Here is a proof source that it was in fact an ICD. Which begs the question, was he experiencing life threatening arrhythmias or did the debate about climate change have him so stressed out that his heart rate trigged antitachydysrhythmic therapy?

Either way, I certainly wish him the best and hope that if it was a malfunction that the device has been appropriately reprogrammed!

See also:

Incredible video of soccer player saved by ICD (VIDEO)

Another soccer player experiences sudden cardiac arrest on camera (VIDEO)

Cardiac arrest – are you ready to save one of our own? (VIDEO)

Posted by on December 14, 2009 • Filed under: ems-topics, patient-management • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

7 Comments

  1. Rogue Medic says

    You know that even transcutaneous pacing is not that uncomfortable.I love the name of the guy from Greenpeace – Mads Christensen Flarup. Maybe he specializes in sun spots.

    on December 15, 2009 @ 12:40 am.
  2. Tom B says

    RM – It gets a little uncomfortable (with a LP12) when you get past 120 mA. Another interesting quirk is that it's more tolerable the slower you increase the mA. The faster you dial it up, the more violent the skeletal muscle twitching! Or so I've heard from a reliable source…. :) Tom

    on December 15, 2009 @ 7:38 am.
  3. Rogue Medic says

    Tom,I must be a wimp, because I used the word Uncle at 100 mA. Curiosity paced the cat, or something like that. :-)

    on December 15, 2009 @ 12:32 pm.
  4. Tom B says

    RM – Yeah, I pretty much felt like, how dangerous can a Class I intervention really be? :D International waters, of course.Tom

    on December 16, 2009 @ 7:09 pm.

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