Assessing fitness to drive

All patients with ICDs or CRT-Ds have restrictions on driving imposed by the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency).

They cannot drive after receiving a shock from their defibrillator.

We will need to assess you in Pacing Clinic to assess why you received a shock, and if it was appropriate, and this will dictate how long you must refrain from driving.

For the most current fitness to drive criteria please see:

UK Government website: Assessing fitness to drive: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Benefits of being more active

A presentation by Stephanie Taylor RGN, Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist Nurse.

Benefits Of Being More Active

British Heart Foundation: Pacemakers and ICDs

A useful guide to pacemakers and ICDs, including an excellent video featuring a patient's experience of the procedure.

British Heart Foundation: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Coping with my Partner's ICD and Cardiac Disease

A Cardiology Patient Page published in Circulation, the American Heart Association website.

Coping with my Partner's ICD and Cardiac Disease

Heart failure - an overview

A presentation on Heart Failure from the ICD support group in February 2016 by Harriet McCullough, Heart function specialist nurse.

It looks at an overview of heart failure, patient symptoms and treatment.

Heart Failure Overview Icd Support Group Study Day Version Final

LIFT Psychology Swindon

This free NHS service provides support and advice to patients with any long-term condition.

LIFT Psychology Swindon website

NHS website: Pacemaker implantation

A comprehensive guide to having a pacemaker implanted.

NHS website: Pacemaker implantation

Resuscitation Council

The Resuscitation Council (UK) exists to promote high-quality, scientific, resuscitation guidelines that are applicable to everybody, and to contribute to saving life through education, training, research and collaboration.

Resuscitation Council website

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK (SCA UK) started of as a meeting in a pub in London in 2015 with people attending from far and wide.

Soon after, an online presense was created so that survivors, their rescuers, friends, family and medical professionals interested in this subject could interact with each other.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest website