Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by onlycommenting on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:58AM
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Or, look for landmark scaring.
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by purpled_haze on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:02AM
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Why not just an rfid chip in the pacemaker itself?
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by ucaetano on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:21AM
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Because then you need to equip every single crematorium in the world with a RFID reader, not to mention that it will be useless to millions of people around the world that already have pacemakers.
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by lawpoop on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @09:29AM
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Or use a metal detector first?
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by adanto6840 on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @10:57AM
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Metal detectors are mentioned in the article; the survey they sent out: "enquired about staff awareness of implantable cardiac defibrillators and whether a hand-held metal detector might be useful in identifying pacemakers in mortuaries."
And again, later on in the article:
"54% believe that a hand-held metal detector might help identify pacemakers and other implantable devices that could explode"
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by ucaetano on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @09:32AM
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Again, pretty expensive to equip every single crematorium around the world with metal detectors.
The lowest price I saw on Amazon was $18.
They're dead. Why not just cut them open and check?
Risk of infection; risk of scalpel accidents.
Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by 6stringmerc on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @09:32AM
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Then rock-paper-scissors for who has to take it out?
On a separate note, maybe we should all have a tattoo with some basic info: name (optional), blood type, chronic diseases (diabetes for example), medication allergies, pacemakers, etc.
Kinda like the SS tattoos, but without the SS part, naturally.