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...particularly risky procedure; most implantations are done under local anesthesia and take 1-1 1/2 hours, according to WebMD. Afterwards, Cheney should keep his cell phone at least six inches away from his heart to avoid interference, and stay away from MRIs and certain types of welding equipment. But the new ones aren't bothered by microwave ovens, and for the most part pacemakers are safe and reliable...
...didn't, and when he went down in flames, Ahnold turned into Debra Winger, with plenty of help, one presumes, from a big green anesthesia spliff. "Koochaa!" he wailed. "Brave beautiful people who I have grown to love so much...I can't see Rodger...
...shaped by such movies as The Snake Pit or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In the latter, a small army of orderlies and nurses restrain Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) as he is connected to the electrodes. The treatment is agonizing because McMurphy isn't given anesthesia, which has been routine for years...
...electroshock is simple, safe and looks a lot more boring than its cinematic counterpart. Curtis Hartmann, 47, a Westfield, Mass., lawyer who has received about 100 electroshocks since 1976 to help control his bipolar illness, knows the procedure well. Hartmann fasts the night before, a routine practice before general anesthesia. He leaves his home around 4 a.m. and drives to nearby Holyoke Hospital. He goes to the second floor and turns left toward the short-stay surgery unit. His body is prepared for electroshock in three ways: an anesthesiologist puts him to sleep; a chemical relaxes his muscles; a respirator...
...understands the risk he takes when he undergoes it (his most recent treatment was last summer; he currently takes medications). A tiny number of patients die: the National Institute of Mental Health says the figure is 1 in 10,000, about the same as any procedure involving anesthesia. Antishock activists cite Texas statistics from the mid-'90s, saying about 1 in 320 electroshock patients died in the two weeks after treatment, though the deaths weren't necessarily caused by electroshock. The activists also say electroshock causes brain damage. Dr. Breggin says the damage produces delirium so severe that patients...