Question

You are about to apply AED pads to a patient’s chest with no pulse, when you notice that the patient has an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker. Which of the following should you do?

Avoid placing the pads directly over the defibrillator.

There is no need to use the AED because the patient has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Apply the pads as you normally would.

Place one pad in the center of the chest and one pad in the middle of the back.

Answer 1

You are about to apply AED pads to a patient’s chest with no pulse when you notice that the patient has an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker. Then you should avoid placing the pads directly over the defibrillator.

Answer - Avoid placing the pads directly over the defibrillator

Its because placing pad directly over the ICD or nearer to ICD can damage to the ICD. So, always place the pad at least 2.5 centimeters away from the implantable device.

You can place one pad on anteriorly and another on the posterior side but remember not on the center.