According to my cardiologist and a few pacemaker technicians, there is a slight chance that electric shock from spark ignition, or tasers can "cause problems" such as erasing the programming in it. I have had a pacemaker for 3 years now and my only restriction is "no contact sports" per my doctor. My pacemaker was top of the line 3 years ago and it is supposed to be very effectively shielded against such problems.

There are a few documented cases of people with pacemakers being tased with no effect on the pacemaker, I think a pacemaker that was 7-10 years old and near the end of it's useful life may have problems.


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Hey, maybe you just invented a field use defibulator, or pacemaker. Just need to get the rpms of the engine to about 60 jolts a minute

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On a serious note, would a jolt from an ignition system stop or mess up a pacemaker??[]
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