Can you shock someone with an AED that has a heart stent?!


Question: Can you shock someone with an AED that has a heart stent?
I have had this question come up during my AED class and could not answer it or find anything about it online.

Can you shock someone with an AED if they have a heart stent?

Answers:

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Yes, absolutely. I used to work in the cardiac cath lab and we shocked people with stents all the time.

RN for 12 years

I looked around for this answer and what I mostly found is NEVER hold off AED. First off there is no way to know if the patient has a stent and secondly most stents these days are non-ferrous metal. So never hold off AED apparently appropriate.


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