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US VP Cheney to get new defibrillator Saturday
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | July 27, 2007

Posted on 07/27/2007 11:24:46 AM PDT by HAL9000

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WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will have a new internal heart defibrillator implanted on Saturday morning because the battery needs replacing, his office said on Friday.

After Cheney's annual checkup last month, his doctors advised him to have the implanted cardioverter defibrillator replaced because the battery was nearing the point it would have to be replaced. His office has said the device was functioning properly and had not treated any abnormal heart beats.

"On Saturday morning, the Vice President will have a scheduled visit with his doctors at George Washington University Hospital at which time his ICD will be replaced," his spokeswoman Megan McGinn said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheney; defibrillator

1 posted on 07/27/2007 11:24:52 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

God Bless VP Cheney.


2 posted on 07/27/2007 11:26:37 AM PDT by SolidWood (UN delenda est.)
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To: SolidWood

So, last week it was GW. This week it is DC. I wonder if they are getting the latest version of the implants that allow the aliens to control them more effectively. Space Aliens, not illegal aliens. But then again, wouldn’t the space aliens be illegal as well.

The problem with the conspiraces is they become so complicated....


3 posted on 07/27/2007 11:29:09 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: HAL9000

Does that mean Pelosi will be VP while he is out?


4 posted on 07/27/2007 11:33:39 AM PDT by mickeylee
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To: HAL9000
I can hear the DUmmies cheering for complications now, I won’t pollute myself by going over there to check and see if they are wishing for a dirty scalpel or something.
5 posted on 07/27/2007 11:44:59 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: mickeylee
Does that mean Pelosi will be VP while he is out?

I hope not. Of course, she already acts as if she is President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State.

6 posted on 07/27/2007 11:51:11 AM PDT by Christian4Bush ("Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." Hold a hearing on that.)
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To: HAL9000

Prayers up!


7 posted on 07/27/2007 12:01:19 PM PDT by rocksblues (Just enforce the law!)
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To: HAL9000

A different story about this. Whom to believe?

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QL3DRG0&show_article=1


8 posted on 07/27/2007 12:07:00 PM PDT by rocksblues (Just enforce the law!)
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To: HAL9000

My sister-in-law is a R.N. hospice nurse. She said if you happen to be touching a person with one of these when it activates, you WILL get zapped. Apparently it’s just like the thing with the paddles where they yell, “clear”.
If you are in contact with them, you will long remember the day.


9 posted on 07/27/2007 12:27:17 PM PDT by weeder
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To: HAL9000

I can just guess what DU and dailymoonbatkos has to say about this.....


10 posted on 07/27/2007 12:28:05 PM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: HAL9000

Will President Bush temporarily become Vice President while Cheney is under the knife, just to return the favor?


11 posted on 07/27/2007 5:58:24 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: weeder
My sister-in-law is a R.N. hospice nurse. She said if you happen to be touching a person with one of these when it activates, you WILL get zapped. Apparently it’s just like the thing with the paddles where they yell, “clear”. If you are in contact with them, you will long remember the day.

Actually, the current delivered is much less than traditional defib paddles, especially in initial jolts. The ICD device has wires that attach directly to the heart, so it is far more efficient of a charge delivery system that external paddles that must deliver the charge through skin, cavity lining, etc.

I'm not denying an ICD discharge would result in an external shock, but I'm clarifying how it relates to external systems.. ..

12 posted on 07/27/2007 6:03:02 PM PDT by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
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