Man with implantable defibrillator shocked twice in parking lot


Dispatch audio reports a 65-year-old man in a parking lot whose implanted defibrillator delivered two shocks. He has palpitations but no chest pain. The patient was recently hospitalized and had a prior cardiac ablation. The vehicle is a dark gray Jeep Liberty at the Boy Scouts of America location on Potsil Pike.
Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
Medics 6711, you're on EMSOPS-1. Switchover. 522-1812. Okay, 26711. 26711, you're responding on EMS 1812. 5027 Potsil Pike. The parking lot of the Boy Scouts of America in a dark gray Jeep Liberty. A 65-year-old male has an internal defibrillator that shocked him two times. No chest pain does have palpitations. He was also shocked on Friday and was in Reading Hospital until today. Should be parked by the line rain dumpsters. Did have a cardio ablation.
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Ontelaunee Township, PA
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