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'Soccer player Anthony Van Loo was diagnosed years ago with a heart condition, but was again allowed to play after the implantation of a defibrillator. This was done a few years back. Last weekend, playing with his team Roeselare in Belgian First Division, he had an actual heart attack during the game. After a few seconds the defibrillator diagnosed the arrhythmia (his heart is supposed to have reached 300 bpm for a few seconds) and autonomously administered a corrective jolt, as can be seen at the 0:15 mark. He was allowed to leave hospital the next and no additional damage (but the existing condition) is expected to be found as there is almost no delay between the attack and the treatment. The miracles of science....'

Tags for this video have been changed from 'revival, soccer, jolt, science' to 'revival, soccer, jolt, science, anthony van loo' - edited by rasch187

I want one

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Very cool. I wonder if the guys touching him got a jolt?

That's pretty neat.

What I'm wondering though is - did the manufacturer make provisions in the case he were having an intercourse at the time of his heart attack? And if that happened, would the ensuing jolt make his partner (female, presumably) have an orgasm?

Not that I need any help with my sex life: my 40-inch schlong instantly satisfies any woman that puts her clitoris in my prostate. Yeah, baby - I'm THAT experienced!

^ Doesn't look like it, the guy in the blue was touching him when it happened and he didn't seem to recoil. I bet it can be a very mild shock since it's internal. That is soo fucking cool though, I'm guessing Cheney had the same sort of dealy?

^Which just goes to show that life-saving medical technology isn't always a good thing.

Science: it works.

Science: it works, bitches.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAALLLLLLLL!!!! *squark*

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Fusion cell malfunction, re-route to backups.

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Reboot system.

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Query Received: (TARGET: MEDIC) "Are you OK?"

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Possible replies:
1) Ya. Just a little gas.
2) My defibrillator! Get me to the hospital!
3) Fuck you, asshole.

I wonder how many times it can work before it needs a recharge or battery replacement.

^ I hope it's solar powered.

ugh... just finished studying for a Cardiac Anesthesia exam... look on the sift to relax for a couple minutes and someone's AICD is detecting A-Fib or A-flutter after a syncope spell... someone get the verapamil ...

Why would an AICD care about A-fib or A-flutter? Aren't they designed to break V-fib?

As to external shock, the defibrillator's leads are inserted some distance apart inside the heart, so the electrical path of least resistance shorts across the heart muscle and doesn't travel externally.

Science be praised!

Yeah, the text is a little muddled. No ICDs monitor for A-fib; it's all V-fib.

Battery life is pretty variable; it depends on how much pacing (if any) the device is doing as well as the number of shocks delivered. I used to be a software engineer for one of the big three ICD manufacturers and there were at least a couple of cases where patients had received dozens of shocks over a roughly 3 year span before they needed replacement. (Sorry; no recharge or battery swap. The whole thing comes out and a new one goes in.)

Tags for this video have been changed from 'revival, soccer, jolt, science, anthony van loo' to 'revival, soccer, jolt, science, anthony van loo, belgium, 00s, Roeselare, Antwerp' - edited by Eklek

So cats have seven of these, right?

Wow, impressive

Although with nine lives, I suppose they have eight.

>> ^Ickster:
Battery life is pretty variable; it depends on how much pacing (if any) the device is doing as well as the number of shocks delivered. I used to be a software engineer for one of the big three ICD manufacturers and there were at least a couple of cases where patients had received dozens of shocks over a roughly 3 year span before they needed replacement. (Sorry; no recharge or battery swap. The whole thing comes out and a new one goes in.)

That'd be cool if you could just plug yourself into a wall at night

patent pending...

I think Bush had one of these connected to his Brain when the Towers Came Down - His totally delayed reaction had to be a computer delayed Glitch - No one in their right mind could have just sat there and not reacted! "Brain Automated Defibrillator" or "BAD"

That is actually amazingly awesome.

like the reviving suit Raul Julia wears in Street Fighter Movie!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az_7B1tJXJs
skip to 4:20 ... no really



rip RJ!

>> ^harry:
So cats have seven of these, right?


>> ^Lolthien:
Wow, impressive <IMG class=smiley src="http://static1.videosift.com/videosift/i/emoticon/smile.gif">
Although with nine lives, I suppose they have eight.


Ha!

^Ha!

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