Pacemakers

Class 1 No limitation

Class 2 Slight Limitation

Class 3 Marked limitation. Patient is comfortable only at rest. Rapid or irregular heart beat with mild exertion.

Class 4 Complete Limitation. Patient has rapid or irregular heart beat even at rest.

This may depend on the individual. Some may be more fragile than others. You should consult your doctor.

cardiac muscle

We can speed up or maintain the fuction of pacemaker by providing good amout of carbon, magnecium ,and ather ions that regulates the electric impulses regulate by the nodes ,that actually initiates tha heart beat

KEEP PRAYING FOR OBAMA PLAN... ha ha that what I have been told.

You will have to come up with $60,000 for the pacemaker, $12,000 hospital stay $18,000

and the rest goes the surgeon.

This is the self-depolarising set of myocardial (heart) cells that do not really have a contractile function but serve to trigger the coordinated electrical wave of depolarisation that causes the muscle to squeeze and pump blood.

Yes, the isotope plutonium 238 was used in the past as power source for pacemakers.

Pacemakers all get an initial code that describe the device's functional abilities. The code consists of at least three letters, sometimes four or even five. There is no such thing as a DD pacemaker, but there is a DDD and a DDI pacemaker (also a DDDR, and DDIR). Since DDD is the most commonly implanted pacemaker in the U.S., it is likely that DDD was meant.

The first letter indicates where the pacemaker paces. It can pace in the upper chamber (atrium, in which the case the letter is A), the lower chamber (ventricle, in which case the letter is V), or both (in which case the letter is D for "dual").

The second letter indicates where the pacemaker senses. Sensing means "listen." Pacemakers are able to monitor the heart and detect or listen to the heart rhythm. Again, the letter codes here are A, V, D.

The third letter is a bit trickier in that it indicates what the pacemaker does if the heart beats on time. If the letter is I it means "inhibit." That means if your heart beats on its own, it inhibits the pacemaker or forces it to stay on standby. If the letter is T it means trigger, that is, if the heart beats on its own, the pacemaker will be triggered to pace. This is appropriate when the upper chamber beats and the pacemaker gets ready to cause the lower chamber to beat in appropriate response. The third option is D for dual, meaning the pacemaker will inhibit (for the ventricle) but trigger for the atrium.

If the fourth letter is an R, the pacemaker has a special sensor that allows it to increase its rate when you are physically active.

These codes are widely used by clinicians and are understood around the world. Pacemakers are coded on the box to the highest performance they can achieve. For instance, a DDD pacemaker can pace or sense both chambers of the heart but a doctor can program it in such a way that it paces and senses only one chamber of the heart. Nevertheless, on the pacemaker labeling, it will state the highest level of function of which the device is capable.

Pacemakers actually prevent strokes from happening.

However there have been cases of pacemakers malfunctioning, leading to heart attacks. But this is very rare.

See a doctor for professional advice if you are worried.

Yes. The paced spikes are easily visualized. The EKG will still show up any irregularities or arrhythmias which may need to be tested for.

How many pacemaker implants has the physician performed?What type of pacemaker will be implanted, univentricular or biventricular, and how many of the specific procedure has the physician performed?

Yes

No it does not harm the pacemaker but It will harm the heart more with continued smoking which is a good source of the damage that may have been the cause of your need for a pacemaker in the first place..

Pacemakers are set by the surgeon-physician at the time it is implanted. Most times, the pacemaker is simply set to a normal heart rate (around 70-80 beats per minute). The primary function of the pacemaker is to restore a more regular beat when the heart cannot maintain a normal heart rate. You should consult your physician-surgeon for particulars about your pacemaker, its use, function, and signs/symptoms to watch for after the pacemaker is implanted.

The primary pacemaker of the mammalian heart is the sino-atrial node. If the SA node fails, the atrioventricular node (AV node) takes over pacemaking.

The band "Gerry and the Pacemakers" is from England. They were originally called Gerry Marsden & The Mars-Bars. Then the Mars Candy Company complained and they had to change their name to "Gerry and The Pacemakers".

the patient will die

During this visit, the doctor will make any necessary adjustments to the settings of the pacemaker.

There are a range of CPT codes for this procedure because of different specific factors. The codes range from 33233 through 33237.

Are you referring to CPT for relocation of pacemaker pocket? In that case the CPT code will be 33222. You will get more details on this code on supercoder.com.

The three components of a pacemaker are the pulse generator, pacing lead and the programmer. The pulse generator is like the brain of the heart. It controls everything.The pacing lead stimulates the heart to beat. The programmer enables the physician to evaluate the pacemaker's performance and change settings without surgery.

Welding is possible by someone with a pacemaker. The arc generated by the welding process is very concentrated and will not cause a problem in someone implanted with the device. It is important to be especially cautious however to avoid electrical shock as such an incident may damage a pacemaker or cause it to fail.

Welding on a pacemaker is extremely dangerous,

It is a must to take an opinion from a certified doctor

I am not sure of the definition of "pacemaker tech" but I can tell you a little bit about how the industry works.

If you are a "field tech" for one of the pacemaker manufacturing companies, you will likely be in the range of $75k to $95k. These jobs are usually physically taxing as the typical work day is 10-12 hours 5 days a week. In addition, you will likely be "on call" several weekends and holidays and weeknights a year depending on your geography. A typical work week is often more than 60 hours. At the standard RN/BSN hourly wage, provided you were working that many hours per week, you would certainly make more.

I mention the RN pay scale because many field techs are nurses or individuals with advanced science or engineering educations.

If you desire to work in a private clinic as the pacer clinician, you will likely need a PA-C license or an advanced nursing degree as you will have to make clinical decisions about the patients cardiac status and report directly to an MD. Typical pay scales would apply.

Clinics will sometimes use LVNs that report to a BSN or MSN overseeing clinician. Again LVN pay scales would apply.

If you desire to become a pacer tech with no certification background, you will likely not get hired as the field is becoming quite competative.

Due to price pressure on pacemakers and ICDs, many companies are having to lay off experienced field staff. Many of those persons are going to work in private clinics. That leaves few slots for new comers to the industry.

A persons best bet is to get a nursing or PA-C degree and focus their clinical rotations in cardiology and electrophysiology.

Basically, $65k-$125K depending on your education and experience.

As far as "Pacer Sales Rep" goes, its all over the board. While some old school reps can make over $200K, those days are soon to be over with the new models in health care payments.

If sales is you game, look elsewhere.

If patient care is your game, look at medical school, nursing school, PA school.

If device develompment is your game, get a degree in biomed/engineering.

Canadian, John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker and he was trained as an electrical engineer at the University of Manitoba and joined the National Research Council in 1941, where he conducted research on hypothermia. While experimenting with radio frequency heating to restore body temperature, Hopps discovered if a heart stopped beating due to cooling, it could be started again by artificial stimulation using mechanical or electric means. This lead to Hopps' invention of the world's first cardiac pacemaker in 1950. His device was far too large to be implanted inside of the human body. It was an external pacemaker.

SA node (Sinus Node)