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Can people with pacemakers be shocked back to life with an aed?
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Yes: Yes, however some patients with pacemakers also have a built in defibrillators.
Answered 11/21/2011
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Yes: And i would imagine that if that patient had developed an arrythmia, the patient would be reevaluated in case it was appropriate to replace the pacemaker with a defibrillator.
Answered 7/28/2014
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