For about four years now, I have been living with an ICD implant, which I received at 28 years old after surviving a sudden cardiac arrest. As a young person, I’ve learned a lot from this experience, and I hope this video, containing all the advice and tips I’ve gathered over the years, can be useful to you.

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Episodes mentioned:

• In-Depth Q&A About ICDs: Former Medtronic Employee, Douglas Rachac (In this Q&A, Douglas Rachac, a former Medtronic employee and a device patient, talks about ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators).)


• Mental Care for ICD Carriers and Cardiac Arrest Survivors | Dr. Samuel Sears (Dr. Sears, a clinical health psychologist, discusses mental care for ICD carriers and cardiac arrest survivors on The Heart Warrior Project.)


• Psychologist Dr. Samuel Sears: Mental Health Challenges of Cardiac Arrest Survivors (Clinical health psychologist Dr. Samuel Sears answers your questions about ICDs and SCA in this Q&A episode of The Heart Warrior Project.)

• Vital Beat (This is the company I mentioned that offers t-shirts with protective shields for medical device carriers, such as ICDs, S-ICDs, etc.)

• Cardiac Comeback Crew (Every month, at The Heart Warrior Project, we organize two online meetups that are completely free for cardiac arrest survivors. If you are a survivor, check out the info page and join us if you'd like to meet more survivors.)


• Living with an ICD (Support Group) (Facebook group)


• Defibrillator, Pacemaker, and ICD Implant Support Group (Facebook group)


• PacemakerICD (Reddit group)

Products mentioned:

• Vital Beat (This is the company I mentioned that offers t-shirts with protective shields for medical device carriers, such as ICDs, S-ICDs, etc.)

Support groups:

• Cardiac Comeback Crew (Every month, at The Heart Warrior Project, we organize two online meetups that are completely free for cardiac arrest survivors. If you are a survivor, check out the info page and join us if you'd like to meet more survivors.)


• Living with an ICD (Support Group) (Facebook group)


• Defibrillator, Pacemaker, and ICD Implant Support Group (Facebook group)


• PacemakerICD (Reddit group)