Parkinson's Implant

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Just got back from an interesting call. Toned out as a 60-some year old male suffering from a stroke with right side paralysis, facial droop and slurred speech. Upon making contact with the patient, he reported that he had Parkinson's and believed his "deep brain stimulation implants" (essentially neuro pacemakers) either had malfunctioned or lost power. He was complaining of blurred/double vision, and slight right-side motor control impairment (equal, strong grips though). Had slight slurred speech, but no facial droop that I saw. Vitals were all pretty good...BP of 130/88, pulse of 92, respirations of 22, PERL, good O2 sat.

Most interesting thing was when we got him to the hospital and they hooked him up to their monitor, it showed a wild ECG (almost like a super-fast V-fib) and a heart rate of 247. We figure it was the electrical activity of his implants being picked up.

Anyone had any experience with these types of implants, and if so, what sort of symptoms have you seen.