It's a new piece of medical technology that has been credited with saving lives.
In this Healthy Living, I will tell you about a wearable defibrillator that jumpstarts the heart and saves lives.

This lifesaving LifeVest is a personal defibrillator worn by patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest

Dr. Gohar Saeed, MD\Cardiologist:
“ It monitors their heart rhythm and in case of an abnormal heart rhythm which can cause sudden cardiac death, it stops it and it shocks, so it is like wearing a portable defibrillator 24-7. this is a life saving device. “

LifeVest has already been credited with saving the life of an 83-year-old Warner Robbins man. The life vest works by monitoring the patient's heart continuously, and if the patient goes into a life-threatening arrhythmia, delivering a shock treatment to restore the patient's heart to normal rhythm.

“We don't have anything like this. it is a one of a kind device. which came out and and been extremely beneficial to our patients. as i mentioned earlier when we diagnose patients, they normally have to wait at least three months before they qualify. “

Insurance covers the cost of the device, which includes 24 hour monitoring. Previously patients with heart diedease, were required to undergo defibralator placement, which was an invasive procedure and wait to qualify. During that time they were at risk for sudden cardiac death.

“The patients love it. There was nothing else on the market like this before medical device when it cam e out. right now we feel better about the patients, we sleep better, the patients sleep better because they know they are protected in case something happens.”


The LifeVest is covered by most health plans in the United States, including commercial, state, and federal plans.
For more information, visit lifevest.zoll.com.