What is the role of a pacemaker?
A pace maker is a small battery operated device that is inserted just under your skin to the left of your chest just bellow the collar bone it is about the size of a 50 cent piece.Pacemakers are used to treat arrhythmia. Arrhythmia's are problems with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm.
A heartbeat that is too fast is called tachycardia and a heartbeat that is too slow is called bradycardia.
Many people suffer form heart arrhythmia that affect their heart rate. When a healthy heart Fails it begins to beat irregularly this affects the human body dramatically for instance if your heart beat is abnormally slow (bradycardia) not enough oxygen or energy is being pumped out of your heart reaching your brain, or parts of your body resulting in symptoms such as tiredness, dizziness, shortness of breath and triggering chances of fainting . A pace maker’s role in this situation is to speed up your heart rate by sending extra subtle “electric impulses” through the lead into the different chambers of your heart stimulating the chamber's muscles and forcing them to expand, contract and pump blood around your body at a faster rate; restoring it to its natural heart beat
(rhythm) and relieving/preventing you from symptoms.
A heartbeat that is too fast is called tachycardia and a heartbeat that is too slow is called bradycardia.
Many people suffer form heart arrhythmia that affect their heart rate. When a healthy heart Fails it begins to beat irregularly this affects the human body dramatically for instance if your heart beat is abnormally slow (bradycardia) not enough oxygen or energy is being pumped out of your heart reaching your brain, or parts of your body resulting in symptoms such as tiredness, dizziness, shortness of breath and triggering chances of fainting . A pace maker’s role in this situation is to speed up your heart rate by sending extra subtle “electric impulses” through the lead into the different chambers of your heart stimulating the chamber's muscles and forcing them to expand, contract and pump blood around your body at a faster rate; restoring it to its natural heart beat
(rhythm) and relieving/preventing you from symptoms.