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...short bursts of about 5 volts each. If his heart starts pumping too fast, the defibrillator portion will release longer bursts in quick succession to slow it down. And if it starts beating dangerously fast--more than 200 beats per minute--Gem III DR will restart it with a jolt measuring a few hundred volts (enough to feel like a swift kick in the chest...
...short bursts of about 5 volts each. If his heart starts pumping too fast, the defibrillator portion will release longer bursts in quick succession to slow it down. And if it starts beating dangerously fast - more than 200 beats per minute - Gem III DR will restart it with a jolt measuring a few hundred volts (enough to feel like a swift kick in the chest...
...think of a pacemaker plus. It is something called an ICD, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator," the vice president said. The device in question is a battery-driven device, about the size of a silver dollar, that senses the beating rhythm of the heart and sends an electrical jolt to heart muscles to correct any abnormal rhythm. It's generally implanted under the collarbone, with wires threaded to the heart muscles, and lasts about 8 years before needing replacement...
Angelenos have had to deal with more than their share of temblors, political and otherwise, but the transition from Republican Mayor Richard Riordan to Hahn shouldn't bring much of a jolt. Hahn campaigned as a moderate, and that's what Angelenos will get. "We need to all build bridges toward each other," he said after the election. He can start by repairing his fractured party...
...against inhibitions of conscience) and potted away at women and children darting through the city under their cross hairs. Collateral damage is supposed to mean a mistake, but this killing was deliberate, focused and recreational. War is a great and terrible permission. A spirit of satanic play shoots a jolt of lethal impulse through the trigger finger. This is absolute power, on a person-to-person basis. It tends to corrupt absolutely. Degenerate violence takes on a life of its own. It feeds especially on women and children, the victims of convenience. It seeks them out. In the drug wars...