Chopper travel

I am implanted with Medtronic ,model SDR303 in the year 2007. Will it get affatected if travel in chopper ( helicopter) everyday?
The communication device in chopper will affect the function of my pacemaker. please reply quickly.

2 Comments

A provisional answer, chopper travel......

by donr - 2012-04-11 09:04:39

...In a word - NO.

Now for the caveats. If your device is just a PM w/o any Rate Response turned on, you should have no problems. The Electro magnetic fields in the chopper should be low enough that they will not affect your PM. IF you have an active Rate Response, it just might drive you nutso because the vibration will cause the PM to think that you are increasing your physical activity level & increase your HR.

The same thing happens to people riding down a bumpy road in a car.

Has flying in a fixed wing airplane affected your PM? If not, then the only effect that a chopper could have would be the vibration - & trust me on this - those suckers DO vibrate!

Don

I agree

by ElectricFrank - 2012-04-12 02:04:03

Don put it well. Should be no problem.

frank

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