{"pk":682,"title":"Your Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Is Not a Bulletproof Vest but It Might Save Your Life","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A 43-year-old male was brought to the emergency department as the highest level trauma activation with complaints of chest and arm pain after sustaining gunshot wounds (GSW). Initial workup was notable for superficial GSWs to the left chest and upper extremity with direct impact to the patient’s automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The patient underwent replacement of the device without rewiring and was discharged home without complications.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Astonishing Cases and Images in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vp4n7gz","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Tzlil","middle_name":"","last_name":"Perahia","name_suffix":"","institution":"Crozer Chester Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Upland, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"S.","last_name":"Kleinman","name_suffix":"","institution":"Crozer Chester Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Upland, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Wassim","middle_name":"G.","last_name":"Habre","name_suffix":"","institution":"Crozer Chester Medical Center, Department of Acute Care Surgery, Upland, Pennsylvania","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-05-20T15:42:06-07:00","date_accepted":"2019-05-20T15:42:06-07:00","date_published":"2019-07-01T14:19:06-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/682/galley/441/download/"}]}