pacemaker
- by tb
- 2018-01-17 16:08:13
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My hubby is about to have a pacemaker inserted. He has many ailments, including very bad back pain. I need to know if he can sleep in an electrical mobility bed with a pacemaker. No one seems to be able to convince me it is ok, and yet hospitals are full of electrical beds. They don't have special beds for people with pacemakers do they? Any advice would be welcomed. thanks in advance
tb
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Hi There TB
by NiceNiecey - 2018-01-18 00:15:58
Although Robin1's response to your question didn't seem very welcoming, we are glad that you and your husband have joined our exclusive club!
I'm sorry that your husband now needs a PM on top of a lot of other problems he apparently has. HOWEVER . . . it will improve his quality of life (and, consequently, yours).
At the top right of this page is a small magnifying glass. If you click there, it will provide you with the search function of the site. You want to look for "electric bed magnets" or something like that. I feel confident that you'll find electric or adjustable beds will not interfere with a PM. I've learned that a magnet must be extremely powerful to interfere with our devices. After I got my PM, I was super careful about my cell phone being near my heart. I was overly concerned about many things that had rather vague warnings. I needn't have been. The only thing that I'm ever careful about is airport security scanners. Even then, it's not life threatening.
The take away here is don't worry and use the search function on this site to see what others have chosen to do regarding electric beds. I think it would be an excellent thing for him!
Niecey
Your fears are groundless
by Gotrhythm - 2018-01-18 14:09:42
I too have a Tempurpedic electric bed. Being able to elevate my head has helped my sleep a great deal. I have experienced no problems with my pacemaker. Still, I'm just one person and I might have gotten lucky.
However, if you think about it, every person who receives a pacemaker is put back into an electrical bad as soon as it's inserted. Every single one. That means 100% of pacemaker patients have used an electrical bed. Some for a few hours. Some for days or weeks. Surely, by now, any pacemaker problems associated with electrical beds would be well-known. If any existed. Which they don't.
Knowing your hubby is sick and facing pacemaker surgery is scary, I know. But you can help him most by remaining calm yourself, and not wearing yourself out running from dangers that don't exist.
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by ROBO Pop - 2018-01-17 18:06:48
It's fine. I'm a frequent customer at local hospitals and have a defibrillator and am paced 100% in both ventricles, never had any issues, though the nurses get annoyed when I operate the bed while they try to work.