Cambridge Heartbeats ICD Support Group

We are pleased to invite you to the Cambridge Heartbeats ICD Support Group meeting, taking place at The Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge CB4 2LD, on Wednesday 12 April at 2pm.

There will be a speaker, followed by chat and refreshments.

We do hope to see as many of you there as possible.

If you are interested in joining, please email Patient Services with the subject ‘Cambridge Heartbeats ICD meeting': [e-mail]

[Lezzers]

Papworth used to run an ICD support group, they would have a cardiologist there, ICD technicians etc, is this a similar sort of thing?

[Hidden in reply to Lezzers]

Hello Lezzers,

If you would like to find out more about the group they have a website here: cambridgeheartbeats.org/

[Lezzers in reply to Hidden]

I'll have a look at the website. We wouldn't be able to go at the moment as licence has been lost due to ICD shock!! But if it's an ongoing thing it's something we could be interested in.

Thank you

[DakCB-UK]

I had to look up what an ICD was! Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, which I think we used to call pacemakers even though that's not always accurate. It would be good to spell that out because to don't always all remember all the jargon.

Good luck, but I'm not there yet.

[Lezzers in reply to DakCB-UK]

Hi, just a quickie to let you know that ICD's & pacemakers are completely different devices. A pacemaker paces the heart, an ICD corrects abnormal heart rhythms & will give a shock to the heart if it can't correct the rhythm. ICD's can also be set to pace as well but that's not it's primary function. Good to hear you don't need a device yet, finger's crossed 🤞that you never do.

[DakCB-UK in reply to Lezzers]

As I wrote, not accurate, but it's still much more understood by the public than ICD (In-Car Diagnostic? Inter City Direct?) unexpanded.

[Lezzers in reply to DakCB-UK]

It's a health site so doubtful anyone would think it's anything other than a 'health term' but yes sometimes People don't know the difference between the 2 devices (or various others) so maybe admin could put up some sort of glossary for members to refer to for an explanation.